If tendon retraction is significant, one option is lengthening the flexor pollicis longus (FPL), performed ... The proximal repair is performed using a tendon weave proximal to the flexor sheath.

“We wanted to look specifically at the [extensor pollicis longus] tendon.” Putman’s team reviewed the radiographs of 19 patients who had distal radius fractures and established or impending ...

Specifically, it affects the tendons of two muscles called abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. De Quervain tenosynovitis was named after Swiss surgeon Fritz de Quervain.

MOTOR regeneration of the median nerve after transection and repair of ... arise from the tendon attachment and are inserted into the tendon of the extensor pollicis longus. The functions of ...

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 ...