RUPTURE OF FLEXOR TENDONS DUE TO PISOTRIQUETRAL OSTEOARTHRITIS

We are reporting a case of a flexor profundus tendon rupture of the li ttle finger due to pisotriquetral osteoarthrosis. Resection of the pis iform bone and resurfacing of the carpal tunnel with the joint capsule was performed for the osteoarthrosis and free tendon grafting for the tendon rupture. The tendon grafting and a subsquent tenolysis restore d the function of the little finger. Other than radiological changes i n the pisotriquetral joint, the diagnostic value of preoperative radio carpal arthrography was emphasized in this rare complication of pisotr iquetral arthrosis.