An irreducible juxta-epiphyseal fracture of the proximal phalanx. Report of a case.
The causes of irreducibility of juxta-epiphyseal fractures of the proximal phalanx are illustrated in a patient with button hole rent in the periosteum and extensor hood mechanism causing trapping of the distal fragment. The entrapment, in the manner of a Chinese finger trap, was aggravted by traction on the digit. Open reduction was necessary to reduce the fracture.
D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D004838:Epiphyses; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D014143:Traction