Traumatic Musculotendinous Avulsion of the Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon: Current Concepts in Strategic Management

Open traumatic avulsion of the flexor pollicis longus tendon from the musculotendinous area: a case report.

A traumatic avulsion of the flexor tendon at the musculotendinous junction in nonamputated digits is a very rare injury. We present a 14-year-old girl who sustained a longitudinal, tensile, injurious force directly to the flexor pollicis longus tendon after an open thenar injury resulting in its avulsion at the musculotendinous junction. In an effort to minimize soft-tissue damage and preserve ...

Acute Traumatic Musculotendinous Avulsion of the Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon Treated with Primary Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Transfer: A Novel Technique of Management

Traumatic musculotendinous junction avulsions are rare injuries except in avulsion amputations. They pose a significant challenge to the treating surgeon. We present a 24-year-old male who sustained an open musculotendinous avulsion of the flexor pollicis longus tendon. He was treated with primary tendon transfer using the flexor digitorum superficialis of ring finger, in flexor zone 3. The fun...

Tendon Transfer in Congenital Deficiency of Flexor Pollicis Longus

Tendon Transfer in Congenital Deficiency of Flexor Pollicis Longus

Congenital absence of flexor pollicis longus without associated anomalies is a rare cause of inability to flex the inter-phalangeal (IP) joint of the thumb. Other causes are: anomalous insertion of flexor pollicis longus (FPL), congenital tenovaginitis of the flexor tendon sheath, partial anterior interosseous nerve paralysis, traumatic rupture of FPL and anomalous bands connecting tendons.1 A ...

Translocation of the flexor pollicis longus tendon to restore opposition.

Many operations have been described to restore active opposition of the thumb, but all are dependent on the transplant of tendons and their rerouting to fulfil their new function. When there is no motor available for transplant-quite a common problem-the accepted procedure is to unite the first metacarpal bone to the second in the position of opposition. In 193 1 von Baeyer described a method o...