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Treatment of fracture-dislocation of the proximal interphalangeal joint using extension-block Kirschner wire
Annales De Chirurgie De La Main Et Du Membre Superieur : Organe Officiel Des Societes De Chirurgie De La Main = Annals of Hand and Upper Limb Surgery
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Fourteen cases of fracture-dislocation of the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIPJ) were treated using extension-block Kirschner (K)-wire after closed or open reduction of the dislocation. The postoperative ROM of the PIPJ in the 14 patients averaged 94.4 degrees. A full ROM of the PIPJ was regained in 10 cases. This wire provides an alternative method to the use of extension block splintage in the management of such injuries.