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ArticleTitle | A Report of Two Cases of Volar and Dorsal Fractures of the Middle Phalanx Caused by a Basketball |
AuthorList | Ryouichi Murashige1, Yoshihito Nakayama1, Kaoru Kobayashi1, Shinji Uesaka1, Kouichi Tanaka1, Hiromoto Ito2, Takuya Sawaizumi2 and Kiyoshi Yoshihara2 |
Affiliation | 1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nippon Medical School Second Hospital, 2) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nippon Medical School |
Language | EN |
Volume | 69 |
Issue | 4 |
Year | 2002 |
Page | 376-378 |
Received | September 19, 2001 |
Accepted | April 8, 2002 |
Keywords | sports injury, finger fracture, middle phalanx, children |
Abstract | We present two rare cases of volar and dorsal fractures of the middle phalanx at the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIPJ). The first case was a 16-year-old girl. She hurt her middle finger while playing basketball. A lateral radiograph revealed volar and dorsal fractures of the middle phalanx. She underwent external immobilization of the PIPJ in 30°of flexion with a splint for 3 weeks. The fractures healed 7 weeks after the injury with neither tenderness nor limitation of range of motion. The second case was a 16-year-old boy. He injured his index finger while playing basketball, and underwent immobilization of the PIPJ for 3 weeks. At 10 weeks after the injury, the dorsal fracture was almost healed, but the displacement of the volar fragment had worsened. At a 3-year follow-up, the dorsal fragment was healed, but the volar fragment remained in a site of nonunion. However, there was neither residual deformity nor restriction of movement. |
Correspondence to | Ryouichi Murashige, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nippon Medical School Second Hospital, 1-396 Kosugicho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8533, Japan cfx33430@nyc.odn.ac.jp |
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