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H K Watson1, R Wollstein, K O'Sullivan
1Connecticut Combined Hand Surgery Unit, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, the Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut 06106, USA. hkwatson01@aol.com
Abstract:
We present a simple compression technique for treatment of difficult nonunions and joint fusions in the hand. This technique utilizes only K-wires and small vessel loops. The results of 44 consecutive cases were studied retrospectively. Union was achieved in 37/44 cases. The average time to union was 7 weeks and our results were comparable to those of other studies. We found this technique useful, especially in complicated cases.
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