Volar locking plates not touching the flexor pollicis longus tendon appear as prominences on radiographs: a cadaver study

BACKGROUND: Plate protrusion is a risk factor for flexor pollicis longus (FPL) rupture following volar locking plate (VLP) surgery. However, plate prominence on follow-up radiographs is common. We hypothesised that a VLP that does not touch the FPL tendon can appear as a plate prominence projected o...

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Autores principales: Sato, Kotaro, Kikuchi, Yuki, Mimata, Yoshikuni, Murakami, Kenya, Takahashi, Gaku, Doita, Minoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6702291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31432281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10195-019-0536-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6702291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31432281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s10195-019-0536-0

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