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The authors report in the treatment of fractures of the proximal phalanx of the
fingers, the use of Eiffel Tower pinning, a relatively simple method, fast and
stable, associated to a protection and early rehabilitation. The objective of
this method is to offer to the patient a pollici-digital grip. Our study is a
retrospective study of 45 patients treated for fractures of the proximal phalanx
of the fingers by percutaneous pinning according to Eiffel Tower method. We
detail this simple and economic technique and examine the functional and
radiological results of this series of patients. The amplitude of the active
total motion of the proximal interphalangeal joint is on average 94.16 degrees
(78.5 % of the normal active mobility of the proximal interphalangeal joint), and
the amplitude of the active total motion of the metacarpo-phalangeal joint is on
average 90.05 degrees (75 % of the normal active mobility of the
metacarpo-phalangeal joint).
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