Syndrome of Volkman
Entity anatomo-private clinic characterized by an ischemic retractation of long flexor of the fingers, outcome to a hand characteristic in the shape of claw. This state is irreversible. Attention with association with a nervous attack of the upper limb (and sometimes inferior) of secondary, traumatic or iatrogenic origin (immobilization in vicious position forced for orthopedic treatment of a moved fracture for example…)
Medical corpus of the medical college of Grenoble
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