Overlapping of fingers due to malunion of a phalanx corrected by a metacarpal rotational osteotomy--report of two cases.

Overlapping of fingers on flexion of the hand caused by malunion of a phalanx was corrected in two patients by a rotational osteotomy of the base of the corresponding metacarpal, avoiding a more delicate operation on the phalanx, with good results.