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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
Drop-finger at the distal joint or mallet-finger from injury occurs because of the extensor apparatus is so much weaker than the flexor tendon that it breaks under strain. We report on 100 cases treated by internal splinting with longitudinal applied Kirschner wire in the distal and middle phalanx of the finger. It affords an absolute immobilisation of the distal interphalangeal joint in slight hyperextension with relaxation of the extensor apparatus. The wire was removed after six weeks. The results evaluated in 76 patients by follow-up four to 84 months were classified as excellent in 86.8% (full range of motion), good in 11.9% (loss of motion 5 to 15 degrees), and poor in 1.3% (loss of motion more than 15 degrees). The excellent and good results emphasize that internal splinting in ruptures of the extensor apparatus near the distal interphalangeal joint.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0340-2649
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Treatment of fresh subcutaneous flexor tendon rupture of the distal joint of long fingers with temporary bone wire arthrodesis].
pubmed:affiliation
II. Universitätsklinik für Unfallchirurgie, Wien.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract