Finger trauma in children:: errors to be avoided

Two types of digital trauma are often met: in the young child, it is generally about a fingertip crushing by a door. In the event a of nail bed wound, the child will have to be addressed for a surgical treatment, the absence of a correct treatment being able to be responsible for after-effect. In the older child, the trauma is generally indirect during a sports activity or a game. Radiography often shows a fracture of phalanx epiphysal plate. The treatment is generally orthopaedic: simple immobilization if the fracture is not displaced, reduction and immobilization in the event of displaced fracture. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. Tous droits reserves.