Partially retained small finger flexor digitorum profundus function despite complete tendon loss in the forearm 1
Received 5 November 2003; accepted 22 January 2004.
Abstract
A case of traumatic laceration of the small finger flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendon in the distal forearm with retained partial active flexion at the small finger distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) joint is described. Tendinous interconnections between the ring and small FDP tendons and lumbrical muscles may permit partial FDP function at the DIP joint despite a complete deficit of the proximal tendon.
aDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
bDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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1 No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
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