title: Index finger lengthening by gradual distraction and bone grafting.
abstract: We present the case of an 18-year-old woman with a shortened right index finger. The digit was stabilized and lengthened a total of 18 mm by external fixation and iliac bone grafting. A distal interphalangeal fixed flexion deformity of 60 degrees was corrected with external fixation and intermedullary wiring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saleh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography