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A Long-Term Review of the Harrison-Nicolle Peg in Digital Arthrodesis

From the Hand Unit, Stockport Infirmary, Cheshire

Correspondence: Mr M. A. Morris, The Hand Unit, Stockport Infirmary, Wellington Road South, Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 3UJ

Fifty arthrodeses of the digital joints using the Harrison-Nicolle peg in 22 patients have been reviewed at a mean of 8.5 years after operation. 96% of these operations were judged to have been successful by our patients, most of whom were suffering from inflammatory joint disease. 66% went on to bony union, 30% to fibrous union and 4% to non-union. There was no difference in clinical outcome between the bony and fibrous union groups and only those with non-union were disappointed. All arthrodeses remained in the same angle of flexion as that in which they were originally fixed.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 16, No. 3, 283-285 (1991)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(91)90055-S


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