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Index Finger Lengthening by Gradual Distraction and Bone GraftingFrom the Department of Orthopaedics, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK Correspondence: Dr A. Gordon, Nursing Accommodation, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK We present the case of an 18-year-old woman with a shortened right index finger. The digit was stabilized and lengthened a total of 18 mm by external fixation and iliac bone grafting. A distal interphalangeal fixed flexion deformity of 60° was corrected with external fixation and intermedullary wiring.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 23, No. 6,
785-787 (1998) |
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