DEVIATION OF A FINGER AT THE PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT CAUSED BY JUXTA-ARTICULAR EXOSTOSIS

Tsuyoshi Murase Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Osaka University Graduates School of Medicine Amagasaki Japan

Takeshi Yoshida Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Suita and Kansai Rosai Hospital Amagasaki Japan

Koichi Tada Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Suita and Kansai Rosai Hospital Amagasaki Japan

Hisao Moritomo Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Osaka University Graduates School of Medicine Amagasaki Japan

Abstract

An exostosis around the interphalangeal joint can cause deformity of a finger. We present two children with deviated fingers as a result of exostoses that developed near the proximal interphalangeal joints and were successfully treated by resection and closed wedge osteotomy.

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