Wire Fixation for Acute Mallet Finger Fractures With K-Wire Stabilization of the Distal Interphalangeal Joint

Hand Trauma


Pull-Out Wire Fixation for Acute Mallet Finger Fractures With K-Wire Stabilization of the Distal Interphalangeal Joint


Zhang X, Meng H, Shao X, et al (Second Hosp of Qinhuangdao, Changli, Hebei, People’s Republic of China; Third Hosp of Hebei Med Univ, Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China) J Hand Surg 35A:1864-1869, 2010§



C. Carroll, IV, MD



Evidence Ranking


• C



Expert Rating


• 1



Abstract



Purpose


The aim of this study was to describe and assess a surgical technique for the treatment of mallet finger fractures using a pull-out wire with K-wire stabilization of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint in extension.



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