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Type 5 Avulsion of the Insertion of the Flexor Digitorum Profundus TendonFrom the Division of Plastic Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Correspondence: M. M. Al-Qattan, Division of Plastic Surgery, P.O. Box 18097, Riyadh 11415, Saudi Arabia Four cases of avulsion of the insertion of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon with an osseous fragment are presented. In each case, there was another significant fracture of the distal phalanx. The current classification system for flexor profundus avulsions is reviewed and an extended classification is offered which considers such avulsions.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 26, No. 5,
427-431 (2001) This article has been cited by other articles:
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