การประยุกต์ใช้วัสดุดามภายนอกสำหรับกระดูกนิ้วหักโรงพยาบาลนครปฐม : รายงานผู้ป่วย

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          External fixation proved to be a suitable technique for stabilizing open comminuted fracture phelanx. The cost of external fixator is very expensive, therefore a modification of inexpensive and easily performed external fixator is reported. A 65·year-old man who sustained a motorcycle accident with open comminuted fracture of middle phalanx of left ring finger. The patient was treated by debridement and modified external fixator with K-wires and disposable needle cover. After 14 weeks follow-up evaluation, the range of motion of  the PIP joint, the DIP joint and the MCP joint were 90°, 45° and 90° respectively. No serious complication was detected.