Abstract
Upper extremity amputations can be the result of trauma, a specific choice of treatment of genetic disorder or a pathology such as a malignancy. The total or partial amputations of the fingers are more common in men and in children under five years of age. We report the case of an eighteen year-old man who has an open fracture of proximal phalanx of the fourth finger of the left hand. Osteosynthesis with Kirschner wires and intravenous antibiotic therapy was performed. The patient develops a rigidity of the proximal interphalangeal joint and the distal interphalangeal joint of the 4th finger. Arthrodesis of the proximal interphalangeal joint, posing on postoperative period an osteomyelitis of the proximal phalanx.
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