Treatment of Mallet Fingers by Tenodermodesis

• Published in: Orthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 207 - 209
• Main Authors: Soejima, Yasushi, Hanamura, Tatsuo, Sakuragi, Kohji, Kondoh, Takashi, Akada, Tomoo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1986

Four patients with chronic mallet finger were treated by tenodermodesis (Iselin 1977). The patients ranged in age from 27 to 41 (average 33). The average interval from the injury to operation was 37 months. The results were satisfactory in two cases but unsatisfactory in two. Cause of failure in the...