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Progressive extension contracture of the wrist of a 19-year-old female patient was
noted at operation to be due to shortening of the extensor carpi radialis longus and
extensor carpi radialis brevis. Satisfactory wrist motion was restored with Z-plasty
tendon lengthening of these two muscles. There was no apparent abnormality of the
muscle bellies and no identifiable cause of the muscular contracture. A review of
the literature revealed no previously reported cases of this kind.
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Publication history
Accepted:
December 13,
1982
Received:
March 3,
1982
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© 1983 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
