TY - JOUR
T1 - Interphalangeal joint destruction
T2 - A complication of cryotherapy
AU - Menon, Jayasanker
AU - Gelberman, Richard H.
PY - 1980/1/1
Y1 - 1980/1/1
N2 - Chondrocytes of the digital epiphyses, physes, and articular cartilage are particularly susceptible to the direct lethal effects of extremely low temperatures. We have treated a 13-year-old patient with chondral necrosis of the proximal interphalangeal joint following cryotherapy. Focal contact with the probe tip caused isolated, asymmetric physeal destruction.
AB - Chondrocytes of the digital epiphyses, physes, and articular cartilage are particularly susceptible to the direct lethal effects of extremely low temperatures. We have treated a 13-year-old patient with chondral necrosis of the proximal interphalangeal joint following cryotherapy. Focal contact with the probe tip caused isolated, asymmetric physeal destruction.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0019217095
U2 - 10.1016/S0363-5023(80)80115-8
DO - 10.1016/S0363-5023(80)80115-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 7430606
AN - SCOPUS:0019217095
SN - 0363-5023
VL - 5
SP - 600
EP - 601
JO - Journal of Hand Surgery
JF - Journal of Hand Surgery
IS - 6
ER -