Wide-awake Surgery for Congenital Thumb Flexion Anomaly in a Child

Wide-awake Surgery for Congenital Thumb Flexion Anomaly in a Child

Summary:. We report a rare case of absent thumb IP joint flexion in bilateral thumbs due to anomalous tendon slips of the flexor pollicis longus. Cutting the anomalous insertions failed to improve active flexion of the IP joints. Successful treatment was achieved by evaluating the musculotendinous u...

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Main Authors: Mineyuki Zukawa, MD, PhD, Ryusuke Osada, MD, PhD, Miku Inagaki, OTR, Tatsurou Hirokawa, MD, Yoshiharu Kwaguchi, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-04-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003504

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