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Complications of Operative Treatment for Mallet Fractures of the Distal Phalanx

H -J. KANG
S -J. SHIN
E -S. KANG

From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: Dr. Ho-Jung Kang, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, Youngdong Severance Hospital, Youngdong CPO Box 1217, 146-92, Dokok-Dong, Kangnam-ku 135-720, Seoul, Korea. E-mail: kangho56{at}yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Twenty-four of 59 (41%) surgically treated mallet fractures developed postoperative complications. The most common complication was marginal skin necrosis on the dorsal aspect of the distal phalanx, but recurrent extension lag, permanent nail deformities, transient infections along the Kirschner wires and pull-out steel wires and osteomyelitis were also observed.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 26, No. 1, 28-31 (2001)
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2000.0440
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