This patient was operated elsewhere for wrist fractures in 2016. He came after 5 years to us with a thumb falling in palm and not being able to lift it or extend it. On clinical examination we found that there is chronic rupture of the important tendon of the thumb which is called EPL(Extensor Pollicis Longus) in medical terms, due to continuous rubbing over a prominent screw end on the dorsal side of bone.
As this was a chronic case and the original muscle got atrophied, we did a Tendon Transfer(Taking an extra tendon and making it do the function of EPL) from EIP to EPL. Now heās absolutely fine and his thumb is working normally after 3 years of surgery.
