bstract We report an exceptional case of an acute spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon in a 16-year-old professional goalkeeper treated by primary surgical repair. Eight weeks after surgery, full thumb motion was regained. Four months after the surgical procedure, the patient resumed playing at the same level and he had no complaint at the 12-month follow-up. The anatomical alteration of Lister's tubercle and the consequent microinstability, associated with overuse and overloading, appeared to be the cause of the EPL tendon rupture. In the present case, an end-to-end suture appeared to be a safe surgical procedure. PMID: 18298613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon in a young goalkeeper: a case report / Perugia, Dario; M., Ciurluini; Ferretti, Andrea. - In: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS. - ISSN 0905-7188. - STAMPA. - 19:(2009), pp. 257-259. [10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00779.x]
Spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon in a young goalkeeper: a case report.
PERUGIA, DARIO;FERRETTI, Andrea
2009
Abstract
bstract We report an exceptional case of an acute spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon in a 16-year-old professional goalkeeper treated by primary surgical repair. Eight weeks after surgery, full thumb motion was regained. Four months after the surgical procedure, the patient resumed playing at the same level and he had no complaint at the 12-month follow-up. The anatomical alteration of Lister's tubercle and the consequent microinstability, associated with overuse and overloading, appeared to be the cause of the EPL tendon rupture. In the present case, an end-to-end suture appeared to be a safe surgical procedure. PMID: 18298613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
