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 ...

Extensor tendonitis is an inflammatory condition of the tendons on the back of the hands or the top of the feet. These tendons attach to muscles that straighten your fingers and lift up your toes ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a rupture of the FDS tendon of the long finger (Fig 1). At surgery, the digit was explored through a volar Bruner incision centered over the PIP joint.

The muscle's actions vary dependent on the position of forearm rotation. The ECU tendon passes through a fibro-osseous tunnel (the sixth extensor compartment) as it leaves the forearm, lying within a ...

These pathologies are tendinopathy of the extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendon, traumatic instability of the ECU tendon, and rupture of the ECU tendon. Our office is located at the medical centre of ...

The finger assumed a swan-neck posture because the function of the FDS as a secondary restraint against hyperextension of the PIP joint was lost. Interestingly, the rupture of the FDS tendon did ...