Mallet finger: comparison between operative and conservative management in those cases failing to be cured by splintage.
Sixty-nine patients with mallet finger who failed to be cured by a period of splintage were offered either tenodermodesis or Kirschner wire fixation of the DIP joint. Eleven (16%) accepted the offer and eight of these were significantly improved. Of those patients declining surgery, 30 were available for review after a minimum period of six months; of these 13 (43%) had undergone a significant spontaneous improvement.
Warren
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Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
Kay
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Ferguson
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D001864:Bone Wires; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013165:Splints; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery