• J Hand Surg Am · Feb 2015

    Pullout wire fixation together with distal interphalangeal joint Kirschner wire stabilization for acute combined tendon and bone (double level) mallet finger injury.

    • Xu Zhang, Xinzhong Shao, and Yong Huang.
    • Hand Surgery Department, The Second Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China; Hand Surgery Department, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei, China; Department of Orthopaedics, Funing Hospital, Hebei, China.
    • J Hand Surg Am. 2015 Feb 1; 40 (2): 363-7.

    AbstractThis article describes a previously unclassified type of combined tendon/bone mallet finger. This supplements the conventional Doyle classification. The article also describes the technique for surgical treatment of such mallet fingers, which involves the use of a pullout wire with K-wire stabilization of the distal interphalangeal joint. Copyright © 2015 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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