Mallet finger: comparison between operative and conservative management in ³
those cases failing to be cured by splintage. Warren RA. Kay NR. Ferguson DG. Journal of Hand Surgery - British Volume. 13(2):159-60, 1988 May. Sixty-nine patients with mallet finger who failed to be cured by a period of splintage were offered either tenodermodesis or Kirschner wire fixation of the DIP joint. Eleven (16%) accepted the offer and eight of these were significantly improved. Of those patients declining surgery, 30 were available for review after a minimum period of six months; of these 13 (43%) had undergone a significant spontaneous improvement. *
Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.
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