title: Treatment of chronic mallet finger deformity in children by tenodermodesis.
abstract: Four children with chronic mallet finger deformity due to extensor tendon injury were treated by tenodermodesis. All had complete correction of the deformity without loss of function. No complications were encountered.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Orthopaedics Department, University Hospital V.U.B., Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Boeck
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaeken
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*