Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Literature review showing cases of flexor tendon rupture following volar plate fixation of distal radius fracture
Reference | Years | Level of evidence | No. of cases | Age (years) | Ruptured tendon | Sex (M/F) | Delay to rupture (months) | Type of plate | Plate manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Present worka | 2013 | IV | 1 | 75 | FPL FDP I | 1/0 | 6 | Volar locking plate | Synthes |
Yangyang et al. [36] | 2011 | III | 1 | –b | FPL | – | – | Volar locking plate | – |
Minegishi et al. [20] | 2011 | III | 1 | – | FPL | – | – | Volar locking plate | Acumed |
Soong et al. [13] | 2011 | III | 1 | – | FPL | – | 8 | – | – |
Soong et al. [10] | 2011 | III | 3 | 79 | FPL FDP Ic FDP I and FDS Id | 1/2 | 20 | Volar locking plate | Acumed |
Brown and Lifchez [23] | 2011 | IV | 1 | 75 | FPL (partial rupture) | 0/1 | 30 | Volar locking plate | Acumed |
Figl et al. [38] | 2010 | III | 1 | – | FPL | – | 4 | Volar locking plate | Midartis |
Lifchez [26] | 2010 | IV | 1 | 65 | FPL | 0/1 | 10 | Volar locking plate | – |
Monda et al. [25] | 2010 | IV | 1 | 30 | FPL | 1/0 | 120 | Nonlocking buttress plate | – |
Valbuena et al. [12] | 2010 | IV | 5 | 56 | FPL (3) FDP I and FDP M (1) FDP I (1) | 3/2 | 44 | Nonlocking buttress plate | – |
Casaletto et al. [11] | 2009 | IV | 7 | 62 | FPL | 3/4 | 13 | Volar locking plate | Acumed (n = 4) Synthes (n = 3) |
Adham et al. [29] | 2009 | IV | 3 | 60 | FDP I and FDS I FDP M and FDS Me (partial) FPL and partial rupture of FCR Partial rupture of FPL | 0/3 | 5 | Volar locking plate | Hand Innovations KMI Viper plate Acumed |
Cross and Schmidt [22] | 2008 | IV | 1 | 51 | FPL | 0/1 | 6 | Volar locking plate | Acumed |
Klug et al. [27] | 2007 | IV | 1 | 59 | FPL | 0/1 | 13 | Volar locking plate | Synthes |
Arora et al. [8] | 2007 | III | 2 | – | FPL | – | – | Volar locking plate | Synthes |
Rampoldi and Marsico [28] | 2007 | III | 1 | 48 | FPL | 1/0 | 8 | Volar locking plate | Synthes |
Duncan et al. [16] | 2007 | IV | 1 | Late 70s | FPL | 0/1 | 9 | Nonlocking buttress plate | Synthes |
Koo and Ho [15] | 2006 | IV | 1 | 63 | FPL | 0/1 | 68 | Nonlocking buttress plate | Synthes |
Drobetz and Kutscha-Lissberg [21] | 2003 | III | 6 | – | FPL | – | 10 | Volar locking plate | Mathys |
Nunley and Rowan [14] | 1999 | IV | 1 | 72 | FPL | 0/1 | 10 | Nonlocking plate | Synthes |
Bell and Wollstein [17] | 1998 | III | 4 | 67 | 3 FPL 1 FPL partial rupture | 0/4 | 7 | Nonlocking AO buttress plate | – |
Fuller [18] | 1973 | IV | 2 | Mean 47.5 | FPL FDP I | 1/1 | 33 (6–60) | Nonlocking volar plate (Ellis) | – |