title: Treatment of chronic post-traumatic hyperextension deformity of proximal interphalangeal joint using the suture anchor: a case report.
abstract: We present a case of chronic post-traumatic hyperextension of the PIP joint of the little finger. The volar plate was reattached at the original attachment site of the proximal phalanx using two suture anchors and tenodesis of the radial half slip of the FDS tendon was added. An acceptable result was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Onishi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005384:Finger Joint; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography