ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To give painless and stable fingertips to patients by means of vertical figure-of-eight tension sutures. METHODS: The longitudinal study was carried out from May to October 2019 at the Dow University of Health Science, Civil Hospital, Karachi, and comprised individuals of either gender aged 10-60 years. All patients were surgically managed and were assessed clinically and with radiological films for finger stability and fracture healing during 3-month follow-up. Data was collected using a proforma and was analysed using SPSS 21. RESULTS: Of the 74 patients, 58(78.4%) were males and 16(21.6%) were females. The overall mean age was 28.9±13.23 years. Of the total, 65(88%) were operated under local anaesthesia, while 9(12%) were given general anaesthesia. All 74(100%) patients on early visits had pain and discomfort, 5(6.8%) had infection and none had ischaemic insult. CONCLUSIONS: Using vertical figure-of-eight tension sutures was found to be a simple technique which helped in proper healing of distal phalanx fractures and a non-deformed fingertip.
