| Literature DB >> 3171314 |
D J DaCruz1, R J Slade, W Malone.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3171314 DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(88)90111-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hand Surg Br ISSN: 0266-7681