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References on management of middle phalangeal injuries
1. Classic references
Barton N.
Conservative treatment of articular fractures in the hand
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J Hand Surg Am.
1989 Mar;14(2 Pt 2): 386–390.
Barton N.
Internal fixation of hand fractures
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J Hand Surg Br.
1989 May;14(2):139–Vol.142.
Hsu LP, Schwartz EG, Kalainov DM, et al.
Complications of K-wire fixation in procedures involving the hand and wrist
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J Hand Surg Am.
2011 Apr;36(4):610–616.
Jupiter JB, Nuñez F, Fricker R.
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Lee J-K, Kim YS, Lee J-H, et al.
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation for Dorsal Fracture-dislocation of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint
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Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir.
2020 Feb;52(1):18–24.
Margič K.
External fixation of closed metacarpal and phalangeal fractures of the digits. A prospective study of one hundred consecutive cases
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J Hand Surg Br.
2006 Feb;31(1):30–40.
Ridley TJ, Freking W, Erickson LO, et al.
Incidence of Treatment for Infection of Buried Versus Exposed Kirschner Wires in Phalangeal, Metacarpal, and Distal Radial Fractures
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J Hand Surg Am.
2017 Jul;42(7):525–531.
2. Review references
Badia A, Riaño F, Ravikoff J.
Dynamic intradigital external fixation for proximal interphalangeal joint fracture dislocations
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J Hand Surg Am.
2005 Jan;30(1):154–160.
Cheah AE-J, Yao J.
Surgical Approaches to the proximal interphalangeal joint
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J Hand Surg Am.
2016 Feb;41(2): 294–305.
Gianakos A, Yingling J, Athens CM, et al.
Treatment for Acute Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fractures and Fracture-Dislocations: A Systematic Review of the Literature
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J Hand Microsurg.
2020 Oct;12(Suppl 1):S9–S15.
Giddins GEB.
The non-operative management of hand fractures
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J Hand Surg Eur.
2015 Jan;40(1):33–41.
Haseth KB, Neuhaus V, Mudgal CS.
Dorsal fracture–dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint: evaluation of closed reduction and percutaneous Kirschner wire pinning
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Hand.
2015 Mar;10(1):88–93.
Jones NF, Jupiter JB, Lalonde DH.
Common fractures and dislocations of the hand
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Plast Reconstr
Surg.
2012 Nov;130(5):722e–736e.
Kastenberger T, Kaiser P, Keller M.
Clinical and radiological midterm outcome after treatment of pilonoidal fracture dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint with a parabolic dynamic external fixator
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
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Keramidas E, Solomos M, Page RE, et al.
The Suzuki frame for complex intra-articular fractures of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the fingers
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Ann Plast Surg.
2007 May;58(5):484–488.
Khouri JS, Bloom JMP, Hammert WC.
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Plast Reconstr Surg.
2013 Nov;132(5):1192–1204.
Miller EA, Friedrich JB.
Management of Finger Joint Dislocation and Fracture-Dislocations in Athletes
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Clin Sports Med.
2020 Apr;39(2):423–442.
Tulipan JE, Ilyas AM.
Open Fractures of the Hand: Review of Pathogenesis and Introduction of a New Classification System
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Hand Clin.
2018 Feb;34(1):1–7.
3. Further references
Bryan BK, Kohnke EN.
Therapy after skeletal fixation in the hand and wrist
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Hand
Clin.
1997 Nov;13(4):761–766.
Caggiano NM, Harper CM, Rozental TD.
Management of Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture Dislocations
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Hand Clin.
2018 May;34(2):149–165.
DeNoble PH, Record NC.
A Modification to Simplify the Harvest of a Hemi-hamate Autograft
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J Hand Surg Am.
2016 May;41(5):e99–e102.
Drenth DJ, Klasen HJ.
External fixation for phalangeal and metacarpal fractures
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J Bone Joint Surg Br.
1998 Mar;80(2):227–230.
Erdmann MW, Sach RP.
Dorsal chevron flap for exposure of the proximal interphalangeal joint
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J Hand Surg Br.
1998 Oct;23(5):673–675.
Faruqui S, Stern PJ, Kiefhaber TR.
Percutaneous pinning of fractures in the proximal third of the proximal phalanx: complications and outcomes
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J Hand Surg Am.
2012 Jul;37(7):1342–1348.
Freeland AE, Geissler WB, Weiss APC.
Surgical treatment of common displaced and unstable fractures of the hand
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Instr Course Lect
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Giddins G.
Intrinsic plus posture
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J Hand Surg Eur Vol.
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Grant I, Berger AC, Tham
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J Hand Surg
Br.
2005 Oct
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Joukhadar N, Lalonde DH.
How to Minimize the Pain of Local Anesthetic Injection for Wide Awake Surgery
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Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
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Lalonde DH.
Wide awake hand surgery.
Stuttgart, New York: Georg Thieme; 2011.
Lalonde D, Boudreau C.
Internal fixation of finger fractures: Field sterility for surgery and earlier removal of K-wires are safe
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Hand Clin
. 2022 Aug; 38(3):299–303.
Lalonde DH, Wong A.
Dosage of local anesthesia in wide awake hand surgery
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J Hand Surg Am
. 2013 Oct;38(10):2025–2028.
Lee JYL, Teoh
LC.
Dorsal fracture dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint treated by open reduction and interfragmentary screw fixation: indications, approaches and results
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J Hand Surg
Br.
2005;31(2):138–146.
Lee SG, Jupiter JB.
Phalangeal and metacarpal fractures of the hand
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Hand Clin.
2000 Aug;16(3):323–332.
Liodaki E, Xing SG, Maillaender
P, et al.
Management of difficult intra-articular fractures or fracture dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal joint.
J Hand Surg
Eur
Vol.
2015 Jan;40(1):16–23.
Quadlbauer S, Pezzei C, Hintringer W, et al.
Perkutane Behandlung geschlossener instabiler Basisfrakturen der Fingermittelglieder Operationstechnik nach Hintringer und Ender [Percutaneous treatment of unstable fractures of the base of the middle phalanx: Technique according to Hintringer and Ender]
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Oper Orthop Traumatol.
2019 Oct;31(5):384–392. German.
Robinson LP, Gaspar MP, Adam B Strohl AB, et al.
Dorsal versus lateral plate fixation of finger proximal phalangeal fractures: a retrospective study
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg.
2017 Apr;137(4):567–572.
Üstün GG, Kargalıoğlu F, Akduman B, et al.
Analysis of 1430 hand fractures and identifying the 'Red Flags' for cases requiring surgery
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J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
. 2022 Jan;75(1):286–295.
Safoury Y.
Treatment of phalangeal fractures by tension band wiring
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J Hand Surg Br.
2001 Feb;26(1):50–52.
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