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A case with closed sequentional rupture of all flexor tendons of the fingers, 17 years
after a Colles fracture is described. The repair with free tendon grafts resulted
in a fair result.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
August 23,
1996
Received:
June 9,
1995
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*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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© 1997 The American Society for Surgery of the Hand. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
