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Index Finger Flexor Digitorum Profundus Function Deficit after Shoulder Arthroscopy Treated by Neurolysis: A Case Report

Seong Hun KIM

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Min-Yung CHANG

Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

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Heemin CHOI

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Jun-Ku LEE

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

E-mail Address: happynine@nhimc.or.kr

Correspondence to: Jun-Ku Lee, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, 100, Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10444, Republic of Korea. Tel: +82-31-900-0340, Fax: +82-31-9000343.

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Abstract

A 60-year-old woman presented functional deficit of the index finger flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendon after shoulder arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. As no recovery was observed for 10 months, we conducted an operative exploration of the median nerve and the anterior interosseous nerve, followed by an external neurolysis. The patient recovered FDP function 4.5 months after the second operation. In a patient with persistent isolated FDP dysfunction after shoulder arthroscopy, operative exploration and external neurolysis could facilitate functional recovery.

Level of Evidence: Level V (Therapeutic)

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