I. Lo et Rs. Richards, COMBINED CENTRAL SLIP AND VOLAR PLATE INJURIES AT THE PIP JOINT, Journal of hand surgery. British volume, 20B(3), 1995, pp. 390-391
PIP joint injuries are common. We describe an unusual injury in which
an apparent volar plate avulsion injury was associated with a dorsal,
central slip avulsion fracture, We postulate that the mechanism of inj
ury would appear to have been forced flexion with the central slip bei
ng avulsed and the volar plate fracture occurring as a secondary impin
gement fracture. Our two cases were treated with full extension splint
ing with satisfactory results.