Complications of silicone implant surgery in the metacarpophalangeal joint
Ferlic, D.C.; Clayton, M.L.; Holloway, M.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 57(7): 991-994
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9355 PMID: 1184650 Document Number: 87374
Of 162 metacarpophalangeal silicone prostheses inserted from 1967 to 1973, fifteen fractured, two were associated with an infection, and there was one case of skin necrosis. A recurrence of ulnar drift occurred in four hands. Three prostheses had to be removed and in one such case additional significant foreign-body reaction was evident. Although the complication rate was over 10 per cent, the failure rate was fairly low.