Flexor Digitorum Tendon Transection As A Complication of Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-509
Author(s):  
N. A. S. POSCH ◽  
K. E. BOS
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Carpal Tunnel Release ◽  
Middle Finger ◽  
Cadaver Study ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus ◽  
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release ◽  
Flexor Digitorum ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon

A complete laceration of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon of the middle finger following endoscopic carpal tunnel release is reported. In a cadaver study the mechanism that could have led to this complication was investigated.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Flexor Tendon Rupture in the Wrist with Asymptomatic Scapholunate Advanced Collapse: A Case Report

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (04) ◽  
pp. 589-592
Author(s):  
Satoshi Kamihata ◽  
Takashi Oda ◽  
Takuro Wada
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Flexor Tendon ◽  
Carpal Tunnel Release ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus ◽  
Flexor Tendon Rupture ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Palmaris Longus Tendon ◽  
Flexor Digitorum ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon

We experienced a rare case of carpal tunnel syndrome and rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the index finger with a scapholunate advanced collapse wrist. We speculated that the lunate that had extruded into the carpal tunnel compressed the median nerve and caused wear of the flexor tendon following neglected perilunate subluxation. Carpal tunnel release, opponensplasty by palmaris longus tendon transfer, and a bridge graft by a half-slip of the flexor carpi radialis tendon resulted in recovery of pinch function and improvement in numbness of the hand.

Closed Rupture of the Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon within the Carpal Tunnel

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. NAKAMICHI ◽  
S. TACHIBANA
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus ◽  
Closed Rupture ◽  
Flexor Digitorum ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon ◽  
Underlying Pathology ◽  
Little Finger

We report a case of a closed rupture within the carpal tunnel of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon of the little finger. There was no underlying pathology.

Avulsion Of The Ring Finger Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon: An Experimental Study

HAND ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol os-10 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Manske ◽  
Peggy A. Lesker
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Breaking Strength ◽  
Ring Finger ◽  
Middle Finger ◽  
Frequent Occurrence ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus ◽  
Flexor Digitorum ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon

Summary The results of an experimental study of the breaking strength of the tendon-bone junction of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon in cadaver specimens indicates a significantly weaker insertion of the ring finger compared to the middle finger. This explains in part the more frequent occurrence of avulsion of the ring finger profundus tendon as observed clinically.

RUPTURE OF THE FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS TENDON TO THE SMALL FINGER WITHIN THE CARPAL TUNNEL

Hand Surgery ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Grant ◽  
A. C. Berger ◽  
D. C. R. Ireland
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Metacarpophalangeal Joint ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Mechanism Of Injury ◽  
Radiological Evidence ◽  
Hook Of Hamate ◽  
Flexor Digitorum ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon

We report three patients who sustained a rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the small finger within the carpal tunnel. There was a common mechanism of injury, each rupture occurred during resisted flexion of the digit with the metacarpophalangeal joint in extension. All the patients were male, one patient had an asymptomatic undiagnosed fracture of the hook of hamate, one patient had radiological evidence of piso-triquetral osteoarthritis. In each case, an attrition rupture was confirmed at surgery.

Attritional Rupture of the Little Finger Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon in the Carpal Tunnel in a Patient with Acromegaly

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 92-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munn Yi Tina Lee ◽  
Yeo Chong Jin
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Tendon Ruptures ◽  
Hook Of Hamate ◽  
Hamate Fracture ◽  
Flexor Digitorum ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon ◽  
Predisposing Conditions ◽  
Little Finger

Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons within the carpal tunnel is rare in the absence of rheumatoid arthritis. Other predisposing conditions such as gout, infection, pisotriquetrial osteoarthritis, as well as hook of hamate fracture non-union, have previously been reported. However, tendon ruptures of the hand in the presence of acromegaly, as well as spontaneous ruptures within the carpal tunnel, have not been described in the literature.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Surgical Landmarks which Increase Safety in Carpal Tunnel Release Procedures

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 426-429
Author(s):  
Marian Turbatu ◽  
Laura Stroica ◽  
Ana Maria Oproiu ◽  
Adrian Barbilian ◽  
Chen Feng-Ifrim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Median Nerve ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Carpal Tunnel Release ◽  
Flexor Digitorum Profundus ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Persistent Symptoms ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Flexor Digitorum ◽  
Formalin Fixed

The carpal tunnel is an osteofibrous canal situated in the volar wrist. It contains the median nerve and nine tendons: the flexor pollicislongus, the four flexor digitorum superficialis and the four flexor digitorum profundus. Patients presenting carpal tunnel syndorome often complain about pain, tingling and numbness in the first 3 fingers and lateral half of the IVth finger. While initial treatment may be medical, patients often require surgical release of the transverse carpal ligament. Even though the surgical procedure is considered to have low difficulty it is accompanied by a significant morbidity and sometimes persistent symptoms post-surgery. In this study we dissected both hands of 9 formalin fixed cadavers and measured fixed landmarks in order to enhance the safety of a surgical decompression of the median nerve.

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