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Extensor Tendon Lacerations Wheeless

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Description: - See:
- Extensor Tendon Rupture:
- Extensor Digitorum Communis - Extensor Mechanism of Digits
- Anatomy of EDC:
- note that EDC is less tolerant of shortening than FDS due to differential in tendon excursion (50 mm compared to 70 mm, respectively);

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Fri Nov 13 2009