Combined closed avulsion of the central slip and terminal tendon of the finger extensor mechanism

• Published in: Chirurgie de la main 2009-06, Vol.28 (3), p.183-185
• Main Authors: Méndez-López, J.M., Gomez-Fernández, J.M., Lucas-Andreu, E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Accidents, Occupational; Biological and medical sciences; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Doigt; Double injury; Double lésion; Extensor tendon; Finger; Finger Injuries - surgery; Finger Phalanges - diagnostic imaging; Finger Phalanges - injuries; Finger Phalanges - surgery; Fractures, Closed - diagnostic imaging; Fractures, Closed - surgery; Humans; Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine; Male; Medical sciences; Metacarpal Bones - diagnostic imaging; Metacarpal Bones - injuries; Metacarpal Bones - surgery; Middle Aged; Orthopedic surgery; Radiography; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tendon extenseur; Tendon Injuries - surgery; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
• ISSN: 1297-3203; 1769-6666
• DOI: 10.1016/j.main.2009.02.004

This clinical case describes a patient who suffered a combined closed avulsion of the central slip and the terminal tendon of the index finger extensor mechanism, associated with a unicondylar fracture of the middle phalanx and a spiroid fracture of the second metacarpal. Nous présentons le cas clinique d’un patient qui a présenté une avulsion fermée simultanée des deux insertions digitales de l’appareil extenseur de l’index associée à une fracture unicondylienne de la phalange intermédiaire et à une fracture spiroïde du deuxième métacarpien.