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Osseous ankylosis of the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints of a finger following a snakebite
  1. Nichola Kim Richmond Kelsall,
  2. Simon J W Garrett,
  3. David O’Connor
  1. Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, Dorset BH7 7DW, UK
  1. Nichola Kim Richmond Kelsall, houseofging{at}hotmail.com

Summary

We present a previously unreported case of osseous ankylosis of both the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints of a finger, as a result of a snakebite.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr.11.2008.1190

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