A retrospective review of 25 consecutive patients with 28 proximal phalangeal fractures was performed. Fractures of the thumb were excluded. Twenty-five fractures were closed and three were open.

The fracture is in the proximal phalanx of his thumb ... as Devin Vassell is still rehabbing from offseason foot surgery. Key ...

The patient was referred to our care one month later, with an infected wound on the dorsal aspect of the third and fourth digits, comminuted fractures of the proximal and middle phalanges ...