Fowler’s Tenotomy for Mallet Deformity
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
- Vol. 18 (4) , 499-500
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0266-7681(93)90157-b
Abstract
35 patients with established mallet finger deformities were treated with Fowler’s tenotomy of the central extensor tendon. The mean lack of extension before operation was 45° 26 patients regained full extension, eight patients had a residual deformity of 10–20° and one patient of 30°Keywords
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