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Herpetic Whitlow of the Digits

From the Departments of Plastic Surgery and Medicine, Brown University Affiliated Hospitals, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Correspondence: John A. I. Grossman, M.D., 235 Plain Street, Providence, RI 02905 U.S.A.

Herpes simplex viral infection of the digits, also known as herpetic whitlow, is a rather common hand problem encountered in dental and medical personnel. Treatment is controversial. This report summarises the author’s successful experience in a series of ten patients using a non-operative local care technique, supplemented when indicated by a systemic antiviral agent.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 14, No. 4, 443-446 (1989)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(89)90164-2


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