Distal phalanx fracture
Diagnosis certain
Updates to Case Attributes
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was changed:
- Phalangeal fractures result from direct trauma (hammer-heavy object)or catching a finger in a closing door, or the toe is crushed between two rigid bodies.
- Distal phalanx fractures are often accompanied by injury to the nail bed, nail avulsion, or subungual hematoma.
- If the fracture is not fused, ORIF may
becomebe required.
-<li>If the fracture is not fused, <a href="/articles/open-reduction-internal-fixation">ORIF </a>may become required.</li>- +<li>If the fracture is not fused, <a href="/articles/open-reduction-internal-fixation">ORIF </a>may be required.</li>
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