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ArticleJournal of hand surgery global online2024

Accessory Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon Incidentally Discovered During Dorsal Distal Radius Plating.

Lamvy T Le, Brandon Butcher, Scott N Loewenstein

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Article in Journal of hand surgery global online, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lamvy T LeDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Brandon ButcherDepartment of Graduate Medical Education, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
Scott N LoewensteinDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

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Abstract

Anatomical variations of the extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon are rare. Variations are typically asymptomatic, yet knowledge of these variations poses significance in the setting of dorsal approaches to wrist surgery. We present a case of an accessory EPL tendon that was discovered intraoperatively in the fourth dorsal compartment during open repair of a distal radius fracture with a dorsal spanning plate. If not correctly identified, the accessory EPL could have been entrapped beneath the plate, resulting in limited thumb extension and potentially tendon rupture.

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AccessoryAnatomic variationExtensor pollicis longusSupernumeraryTendon

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PMCPMC10837286

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