Closed mallet thumb injury: Our experience of 10 patients treated with surgery and a systematic review.

This retrospective study reports 10 patients with closed mallet thumb injury treated with surgery and compares the clinical outcomes achieved with those of previously described patients who were treated with either conservative therapy or surgery. We report the outcomes of a series of 10 patients who received surgical treatment at our institutions. Due to the rarity of closed mallet thumb, a systematic review was conducted, and the results of a literature search were compared with our case series to strengthen our conclusions. The previously described patients were categorized into two groups: the surgically treated group (16 patients) and the conservatively treated group (10 patients). The following patient and injury characteristics were documented: age, gender, injured side, time from injury to treatment, mechanism of injury, extension lag at first visit, postoperative range of motion (ROM) of the interphalangeal joint, immobilization period, and follow-up period. Statistical analyses showed no significant differences in the clinical results, except for shorter immobilization periods between our series and the previously described patients involving conservative treatment (4.9 ± 0.9 vs. 9.5 ± 2.3 weeks, respectively; P = 0.0053). This study suggests that surgery may result in more rapid recovery. Copyright © 2016 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Citation

Yoshihiro Abe, Tomoyuki Rokkaku, Susumu Tokunaga, Toshiyuki Yamada, Seiji Okamoto. Closed mallet thumb injury: Our experience of 10 patients treated with surgery and a systematic review. Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS. 2016 Jun;69(6):835-842

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PMID: 27075490

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