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Extensor Indicis Proprius Transfer to Supplement Replacement Arthroplasty of the Rheumatoid Hand

Johannesburg

A new procedure is described to cope with the rotation deformity so often seen after replacement arthroplasty of the destroyed metacarpophalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis. The same procedure, in combination with a similar transfer to the ring and little fingers, but using extensor digiti minimi as the motor, can be used as a suspension procedure to stabilise the early unstable metacarpophalangeal joint.

Thirty hands have been treated with the longest follow-up of two-and-a-half years; so far the results have been encouraging.

The Hand, Vol. 8, No. 2, 137-140 (1976)
DOI: 10.1016/0072-968X(76)90034-6


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