Shankar N S, Goring C C
North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, UK.
J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1992 Jun;37(3):196-8.
One hundred cases of mallet finger are reviewed to assess the significance of the results of treatment. This study revealed that the mallet fingers with chip fractures and those without fractures showed satisfactory results in 85% of cases in the long term (32 months) with conservative treatment. Even though there was a statistically significant difference between the satisfied and unsatisfied patients in extensor lag (P less than 0.0001), arc of movement (P greater than 0.001) and pinch grip (P greater than 0.001), none of these patients was willing to undergo surgery to improve their fingers.
回顾了100例锤状指病例，以评估治疗结果的意义。本研究表明，伴有碎片骨折和无骨折的锤状指经保守治疗，长期（32个月）来看，85%的病例结果令人满意。尽管在伸肌滞后（P小于0.0001）、活动弧度（P大于0.001）和捏力（P大于0.001）方面，满意和不满意的患者之间存在统计学上的显著差异，但这些患者均不愿意接受手术来改善手指状况。
