The extensor system of the hand is an intricate complex component that involves a working balance between the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of extension. Injuries to the extensor tendons are ...

Twenty-four patients who presented with signs and symptoms clinically suspicious for tendon injury and surgically confirmed tendon rupture were included in this study. We analyzed 6 sonographic ...

This week we are going to discuss a very complex condition that is called the extensor tendon laceration of the hand or thumb. The extensor tendons raise and straighten our fingers in our thumbs and ...

Department of Orthopaedic Hand Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, United States Background: Tendon repairs often result in adhesion formation which can cause ...

Abstract: In the trauma of the extensor muscles tendons it is necessary to respect the application methodology and carefully choose the recovery methods that will contribute to regaining the ...

A 15-year-old male presented with multiple right-hand fractures, including a severely angulated small finger metacarpal neck fracture. Multiple closed attempts failed, and open reduction was performed ...

Crocodile bites on humans are rare but can lead to life-threatening injuries that most commonly affect the extremities and are often characterized by fractures and severe soft tissue avulsion. This ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes rookie defenseman Charles Alexis Legault had surgery to repair multiple torn extensor tendons in his right hand after getting cut by a skate blade during a ...