Flexor digitorum profundus tendon avulsion in an amateur basketball player: Jersey finger

Year 2013, Volume: 30 Issue: 2, 187 - 188, 31.07.2013

Numan Kuyubaşı , Alper Çıraklı , Çağatay Zengin , Murat Erdoğan , Ahmet Pişkin

https://doi.org/10.5835/jecm.omu.30.02.021

https://izlik.org/JA33XJ33GJ

Abstract

Flexor tendon injury of the finger may be open or closed, but it is not as common as extensor tendon injuries. Pathogenesis is associated with many factors. Sports injuries are also among those causes. Applied treatment approach is primary repair or pull-out technique. In this paper, we discussed the case in the light of the literature, that we performed repair via pull out technique for flexor digitorum profundus tendon avulsion in an amateur sportsman.

Keywords

Flexor digitorum profundus , Avulsion , Sport injuries , Jersey finger

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