[Osteosyntheses and arthrodeses of the hand. The intraosseous wire suture].

The intraosseous wiring, using two wires twisted on both sides, is an essential enlargement of the operative techniques of osteosynthesis and arthrodesis at the hand skeleton. Its efficiency results from the bio-mechanical principles of tension-band stabilization and inter-fragmentary compression. Indications are transverse fractures, pseudarthroses and corrective osteotomies of the metacarpals and phalanges, interpositions of bone grafts, replantations and finger transpositions as well as arthrodesis of interphalangal joints.