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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1973;55:1651-1654.
© 1973 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Closed Reduction and Percutaneous Pin Fixation of Fractured Phalanges

DAVID P. GREEN M.D.1 and JOHN R. ANDERSON M.D.1

1 From the Hand Surgery Service, Division of Orthopaedics, The University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio

Twenty-six displaced fractures of the proximal phalanx of a finger were treated by closed reduction, percutaneous pin fixation, and early motion, which was obtained by taping the injured finger to an adjacent one. The major advantages of the method are that no external immobilization is required and that patients are able to return to their jobs sooner. In this series, eighteen of twenty-one patients (twenty-six fractures) regained a full range of motion within eight weeks following injury.


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