title: [Conservative treatment of extensor tendon injuries].
abstract: Report on 35 cases of mallet finger treated conservatively: a circular plaster cast was modeled in hyperextension of the distal interphalangeal joint. The immobilisation of the whole finger form the tip to the proximal phalanx was maintained for six weeks. The reported results were good or excellent with the exception of two cases.
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Konservative Behandlung von Strecksehnenabrissen