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Dorsal Dislocation of the D.I.P. Joint with Fracture of the Volar Base of the Distal Phalanx

From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

Correspondence: Y. Horiuchi, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35-Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Between 1978 and 1985, we treated 12 cases of dorsally displaced fracture-dislocation of the I.P. joint of the thumb or of the D.I.P. joint of the finger, with a volar bony fragment. All were treated surgically, active exercise being started three to five weeks later. At the last follow-up, averaging 6.4 years (range 4.3–10 years) after operation, none of the joints was painful but the range of motion was somewhat limited.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 14, No. 2, 177-182 (1989)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(89)90122-8


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