[A new method for treating the Kirner deformity with the SM-Fix phalangeal distractor].

Abstract

The Kirner deformity belongs to the rare bony deformities of the small finger. The present treatments range from hemiepiphysiodesis to osteotomy with bone-grafting. We present a ten-year-old girl with a unilateral Kirner deformity treated in a new fashion. Through a distal phalanx osteotomy and the use of a SM-Fix-phalangeal distractor, bridging the distal interphalangeal joint, the axis was corrected. After four to five weeks the defect was filled by callus distraction. The advantage of this method is not only the minimal traumatisation of the juvenile distal phalanx but also the functional and cosmetic results.

• Authors: N Moser, R Rösslein
• Journal: Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse : Organ der V... (Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir) Vol. 28 Issue 1 Pg. 34-8 (Jan 1996) ISSN: 0722-1819 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Eine neue Behandlungsmethode der Kirner-Deformität mit dem SM-Fix-Phalangendistraktor.
• PMID: 8852639 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Bone Lengthening (instrumentation)
• Child
• External Fixators
• Female
• Fingers (abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Follow-Up Studies
• Hand Deformities, Congenital (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Humans
• Osteotomy (instrumentation)
• Postoperative Complications (diagnostic imaging)
• Radiography