%0 Journal Article
%T Closed mallet thumb injury treated surgically: a case report
%A Maurizio Calcagni
%A Michael Arvanitakis
%A Thomas Giesen
%J Archive of "Case Reports in Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery".
%D 2017
%R 10.1080/23320885.2017.1308830
%X In this report a case of closed mallet thumb injury is described, which was diagnosed clinically and indication for surgical treatment was confirmed with ultrasound examination. The EPL-tendon was successfully reconstructed with an excellent result. We propose a mandatory ultrasound examination of all closed mallet thumb injuries
%K Closed mallet thumb
%K EPL rupture
%K ultrasound examination
%K avulsion
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404658/