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[A mallet finger, and then?]
Patrick Krastman1,2, Mark de Vries3, Jos Runhaar1
1Erasmus MC, afd. Huisartsgeneeskunde, Rotterdam.
None:
Mallet finger (hammer finger) predominantly results from trauma causing injury to the terminal extensor tendon at the level of the distal phalanx. It remains unclear whether radiography provides additional value in all patients with a mallet finger, which warrants further investigation. We recommend obtaining radiographs in primary care only for mallet fingers resulting from high-energy trauma. The purpose of radiography should not be to distinguish between tendinous and bony mallet fingers, but rather to assess whether surgical intervention may be indicated.
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