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OLD UNREDUCED DISLOCATION OF THE INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT OF THE THUMB

Patankar's Hand and Limb Reconstruction Clinic, 204, Garodia Market, next to Hotel Malhaar, Plot 8-A, D.K. Sandu Road, Chembur, Bombay - 400 071, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence to: Dr Hemant Patankar, Patankar's Hand and Limb Reconstruction Clinic, 204, Garodia Market, next to Hotel Malhaar, Plot 8-A, D.K. Sandu Road, Chembur, Bombay - 400 071, Maharashtra, India.

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Chandrakant Shah

Patankar's Hand and Limb Reconstruction Clinic, 204, Garodia Market, next to Hotel Malhaar, Plot 8-A, D.K. Sandu Road, Chembur, Bombay - 400 071, Maharashtra, India

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810498000179Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A case of two-and-a-half years old unreduced, irreducible dislocation of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb, treated initially by gradual external distraction and later by interphalangeal joint arthrodesis is reported. The advantages of gradual external distraction over open reduction in cases of unreduced and irreducible dislocations are discussed.