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  • Title: Pullout wire fixation together with distal interphalangeal joint Kirschner wire stabilization for acute combined tendon and bone (double level) mallet finger injury.
    Author: Zhang X, Shao X, Huang Y.
    Journal: J Hand Surg Am; 2015 Feb; 40(2):363-7. PubMed ID: 25543162.
    Abstract:
    This article describes a previously unclassified type of combined tendon/bone mallet finger. This supplements the conventional Doyle classification. The article also describes the technique for surgical treatment of such mallet fingers, which involves the use of a pullout wire with K-wire stabilization of the distal interphalangeal joint.
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