The patient presents with a flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon laceration. The FPL originates from the anterior radius and coronoid process and inserts at the distal phalanx of the thumb.

If tendon retraction is significant, one option is lengthening the flexor pollicis longus (FPL), performed at the musculotendonous junction so that the lengthening site is proximal to the carpal ...

The ring-finger sublimis can also be used to replace a flexor pollicis longus tendon in the thumb when tendon grafting is contraindicated or when the muscle of the flexor pollicis longus has been ...

Oblique fibers of fascia arise from the tendon attachment and are inserted into the extensor pollicis longus. The functions of the lateral portion of the flexor pollicis brevis seem to be ...

The operative technique used a portion of the abductor pollicis longus as a sling ... slip is then passed beneath (around) the flexor carpi radialis tendon in the depth of the resection area.

SAN DIEGO – Researchers found that lengthening osteotomies of the calcaneus and flexor digitorum longus tendon transfer adequately corrected adult acquired flatfoot deformity, according to a ...

It can affect any or all of the flexor tendons of the fingers in the palm. A tender nodule in the palm is usually palpated over the line of the flexor tendon just proximal ... phalanx and the thumb ...

including the extensor pollicis brevis tendon, the plantaris in the foot, a toe extensor, a small portion abductor pollicis longus, or even a part of the flexor carpi radialis tendon. The graft is ...