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. 2024 Oct 30:16:125161.
doi: 10.52965/001c.125161. eCollection 2024.

Distal Phalanx Fracture Secondary to Nail Gun Injury

Onix Bonilla-Irizarry  1 , Murdoc Gould  2 , Latha Ganti  3   4
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Distal Phalanx Fracture Secondary to Nail Gun Injury

Onix Bonilla-Irizarry et al. Orthop Rev (Pavia). .

Abstract

The authors present a case of a distal phalanx fracture secondary to a nail gun injury. The diagnosis, evaluation and emergency departmetn treatment are reviewed.

Keywords: distal phalanx fracture; tuft fracture.

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