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Absence of Ulnar Drift in a Rheumatoid Hand with Partial Amputation of the Digits

From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London

Correspondence: Paul R. W. Stanley, F.R.C.S., Department of Plastic and Burns Surgery, Queen Mary’s University Hospital, Roehampton, London SW15 5PN.

A patient suffered partial amputation of all the fingers of her left hand. One year later, she developed rheumatoid arthritis. She was subsequently spared the deformities of ulnar drift and palmar subluxation in the mutilated left hand. The possible causes of ulnar drift are discussed in relation to this patient

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 16, No. 3, 280-282 (1991)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(91)90054-R


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