Fig. 2

Male patient, 44 years old, with open injury of the distal phalanx and tuft fracture of the little finger (a,b,c). Clinical presentation after fixation of bone fragments with the hand crossed 23-G needles. The nail bed was also restored and a silicon lamina was used to protect it (d,f). X-rays performed 30 postoperatively (e), and clinical outcome after the removal of fixation devices (g)