This study describes a new technique called the "fish hook" technique for the treatment of bony mallet finger. This technique catches the dorsal fragment with a bent K-wire shaped like a fish hook. Transarticular fixation is performed with another K-wire. This technique does not directly penetrate the bone fragment to prevent fragment comminution. This study included 26 patients with mallet fin...

DEAR EDITOR Boutonnière deformity (BD) is a debilitating deformity where the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint of the finger is flexed, and the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint is hyperextended.1-3 BD is commonly seen after injury and also as a sequela of progressive inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.1-3 Various techniques have been described to address the imbalance bet...

OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of toe-to-finger transfers (TFTs) for post-traumatic reconstruction of the fingerless hand. DESIGN A case series. SETTING A regional trauma centre. PATIENTS Eight men, mean age was 36 years (range from 25-59 yr), who had lost all the fingers from a hand due to a crush-degloving injury (6 patients), frostbite (1 patient) or a burn injury (1 patient). INTER...

DESCRIPTION A 23-year-old man presented to the emergency department with the after being struck in the hand with a basketball. Clinical findings are seen in the image above.

Sessions: [Keynote Addresses] [2.2] [2.3] [2.4] [2.5] [2.6] [2.7] [2.8] [3.2] [3.3] [3.4] [3.5] [3.6] [3.7] [3.8] [IP1] [4.2] [4.3] [4.4] [4.5] [4.6] [4.7] [5.1] [5.2] [5.3] [5.4] [5.5] [5.6] [5.7] [IP2] [6.1] [6.1.2] [6.2] [6.3] [6.4] [6.5] [6.6] [6.7] [7.1] [7.2] [7.3] [7.4] [7.5] [7.6] [7.7] [7.8] [IP3] [8.1] [8.2] [8.3] [8.4] [8.5] [8.6] [8.7] [8.8] [9.2] [9.3] [9.4] [9.5] [9.6] [9.7] [IP4]...

BACKGROUND A number of conditions can alter a person's fingernail configuration. The ratio between fingernail width and length (W/L) is an important aesthetic criterion, and some underlying diseases can alter the size of the fingernail. Fingernail curvature can be altered by systemic disorders or disorders of the fingernail itself. Although the shape and curvature of the fingernail can provide ...

Digital mucous cysts are common tumours of the distal interphalangeal joint, causing pain, cosmetic disfigurement and nail deformities. This study describes six patients suffering from digital mucous cysts, some of which recurred after surgery. Carbon dioxide laser vaporization was performed under local anaesthesia, resulting in complete remission in four out of six patients. In two patients, t...

Histocompatibility typing was carried out in 74 patients with psoriasis and an inflammatory arthropathy. In 40 patients with peripheral arthropathy characterized by distal interphalangeal joint involvement, 13 (32-5%) were HLA-B27 positive, significantly higher than the control frequency (P = 5-8 X 10 (-6). 26 of the 40 patients did not have ankylosing spondylitis or radiological sacroiliitis a...