Myogenic Fibrosis of the Flexor Tendons After Amphetamine Drug Abuse
Overview
Overview
Journal
J Surg Case Rep
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Specialty
General Surgery
Date
2019 Feb 12
PMID
30740204
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Abstract
Myogenic fibrosis of the flexor tendons in a 23-year-old patient was caused by intense drug abuse. He was presented in the clinic with spastic flexor tendon contracture of his right hand. The patient was treated by tendon elongation with a satisfactory result. The treatment of flexor tendon contracture in those cases is very difficult and needs to be done in a complex way.
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