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Simultaneous proximal interphalangeal joint arthroplasty and extensor tendon reconstruction in adjacent fingers: case
Hyunju Kim Haemmig1, Claudia Meuli-Simmen1, Benedikt Strub1
1Clinic of Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland.
Abstract:
We present a case of a young man with heavily injured proximal interphalangeal joints and deficits of the extensor mechanism in 2 fingers treated by silicone proximal interphalangeal joint arthroplasty and 2-stage reconstruction of the extensor mechanism. The postoperative result was satisfactory with a painless, if limited, active arc of motion of the proximal interphalangeal joints of 50° in the middle finger and 35° in the ring finger.

