Complications of silicone implant surgery in the metacarpophalangeal joint.
Of 162 metacarpophalangeal silicone prostheses inserted from 1967 to 1973, fifteen fractured, two were associated with an infection, and there was one case of skin necrosis. A recurrence of ulnar drift occurred in four hands. Three prostheses had to be removed and in one such case additional significant foreign-body reaction was evident. Although the complication rate was over 10 per cent, the failure rate was fairly low.
D001178:Arthroplasty; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000295:instrumentation; D007596:Joints / Q000601:surgery; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012828:Silicones
D012828:Silicones