and multiple complications exist with regards to treating this injury,” Putman said. “We wanted to look specifically at the [extensor pollicis longus] tendon.” Putman’s team reviewed the ...

A retrospective review was conducted of 16 patients treated in our center for thumb opposition loss due to low median nerve palsy by transferring the palmaris longus end-to-end to the extensor ...

X-rays can tell you if there is a bony injury, and MRIs can also be used to evaluate ... with care taken to avoid the extensor pollicis longus tendon and any of the nerve branches passing through the ...

The authors of the latest report wrote: “We describe a patient with rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon associated with excessive video game play on his smartphone. A 29-year-old ...

Late direct repair of a lacerated flexor tendon is a tendon repair performed 3 weeks after injury. When direct ... one option is lengthening the flexor pollicis longus (FPL), performed at the ...

injury to your radial nerve subluxation of your tendons, where they move out of their proper place entrapment of the tendons of your abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis muscles ...

This refers to problems in the thumb, hand and wrist, and most often presents as pain and swelling in the extensor pollicis longus, a tendon running from the ulna bone in the forearm to the thumb.