A case of salvage surgery of bundling bone fragment with double figure-of-eight suture for correction failed mallet finger

VernacularTitle:双"8"字捆绑翻修骨性锤状指矫正失败1例
Author: Qiting JIANG ¹ ; Xiang YAO ¹
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1. 南京江北医院手足显微外科，南京　210048
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Hand deformities, acquired; Mallet finger; Bundling with figure-of-eight suture; Revision
From: Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2025;41(1):87-90
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: In September 2023, a 40-year-old female patients with correction failed mallet finger was admitted to Department of Hand and Foot Microsurgery, Nanjing Jiangbei Hospital. After comparing with different surgical options, the method of bundling bone fragment with double figure-of-eight suture was adopted to correct the failed mallet finger. At 3 months follow-up, the mallet finger deformity was corrected. The active extension function of the distal interphalangeal joint (DIPJ) of the affected finger was restored, the DIPJ straighten to 0°, and the appearance of the finger was satisfactory.