title: The Stockport Serpentine Spring System for the treatment of displaced comminuted intra-articular phalangeal fractures.
abstract: A new system has been designed to treat displaced comminuted intra-articular phalangeal fractures and 20 such fracture-dislocations were treated by it. Nineteen of the patients were satisfied at an average follow-up period of 13.6 months, with a mean total active motion of 226 degrees. The results are rewarding considering the gravity of the injuries.
authors.affiliation: Hand Unit, Stockport Infirmary.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Fahmy
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires; D004867:Equipment Design; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans