Complications and technical failures in distal phalangeal injury management

Common complications of these injuries are:

• Altered sensibility (numbness, hyperesthesia
• Tenderness
• Cold hypersensitivity (cold intolerance)
• Restriction of DIP joint movement
• Nail growth abnormalities

These complications may result despite careful surgical or nonoperative treatment.

If a small tourniquet has been created with the finger of a glove, make sure to remove it at the end of the surgery.

Failure to do so may result in loss of the finger!