BOSTON — Aspiration — just ulnar to Lister’s tubercle — may help protect the extensor pollicis longus from rupturing after distal radius fracture, according to a study presented here.

ABSTRACT Techniques for restoring thumb opposition require multiple incisions and frequently use nonagonist muscles. Our experience using an agonist muscle through a single palmar approach is ...

“We describe a patient with rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon associated with excessive video game play on his smartphone. A 29-year-old, right hand–dominant man presented with ...

De Quervain’s Disease is a painful tendinitis that develops at the base of the thumb at the wrist level. A Swiss surgeon, Fritz de Quervain, first described this problem in 1895. Numerous ...

Bozentka DJ, Litts C. Late Reconstruction of Flexor and Extensor Tendon Injuries. MedGenMed 1(1), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal 3(1), 1999].

The CMC and MCP joints; the radial collateral ligament; the extensor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. Turns out there’s a lot going on in that digit.

Repeat measures design. The purpose of this study was firstly, to describe a simple clinical tool that can be used to measure the extensibility of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) muscle; secondly ...