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Repair of the proximal interphalangeal joint with a homograft
T F Bury1, L P Stassen, C van der Werken
1Department of Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
We describe the delayed reconstruction of a destroyed proximal interphalangeal joint by implantation of a partial articular homograft in a 17-year-old boy. One year after the operation the joint is painless and has a normal range of motion.