Abstract

ESMAEILNEJAD-GANJI, Seyed Mokhtar  and  BAGHIANIMOGHADAM, Behnam. Flexor Digitorum Superficialis and Flexor Digitorum Profundus with separated sheaths, a new normal variation in human. Colomb. Med. [online]. 2015, vol.46, n.4, pp.199-201. ISSN 1657-9534.

Case description: A 25 years old man presented with a laceration on radial side of proximal phalanx of 4th finger (zone II flexor) which was due to cut with glass. Clinical findings: The sheaths of Tendons of flexor digitorum sperficialis and profundus were not the same and each tendon had a separate sheath. Treatment and outcome: The tendons were reconstructed by modified Kessler sutures, after 15 months the patient had a 30 degrees of extension lag even after physiotherapy courses. Clinical relevance: This is the first reported of such normal variation in human hand tendon anatomy.

Keywords : Flexor digitorum superficialis; flexor digitorum profundus; hand, tendon.

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