Fractures of the distal phalanges

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  DaCruz DJ.   Slade RJ.   Malone W.
  J Hand Surg [Br].   13(3):350-2, 1988 Aug.

  A prospective study of 110 patients with fractures of the distal phalanx
  indicates that less than one in three patients with such injuries will
  have recovered after six months. Less than one half of distal phalangeal
  fractures will have united by then. Factors that carry a poor prognosis
  include osteolysis of fractured fragments, subungual haematomas and
  non-union of fractures.