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Symptomatic nonunion of a distal phalanx fracture: treatment with a percutaneous compression screw
C M E M Meijs1, M H J Verhofstad
1Department of Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands. c.meijs@elisabeth.nl
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|May 16, 2009
Abstract:
Fractures of the distal phalanx caused by crush injuries occur frequently but rarely result in nonunions. This article describes 2 patients with a symptomatic hypertrophic nonunion after a fracture of the waist of the distal phalanx of the thumb. Following the general principles of nonunion treatment, both patients were successfully treated with a single compression screw inserted by a minimally invasive approach.
