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Wrap Your Head Around This Wrist Surgery

Published on Thu Feb 20, 2025

Question: I have a surgical note with the following listed as the procedure: 1. Debridement right flexor carpi radialis tendon of distal forearm through the flexor carpi radialis tunnel at the level of the wrist. 2. Debridement of 55 percent attritional rupture of flexor carpi radialis tendon at level of the wrist to stable margins. 3. Excision of scaphoid tuberosity [...]
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