LITERATURE CITATION: JENSEN ET AL. SILASTIC ARTHROPLASTY IN RHEUMATOID MCP-JOINTS. ADA ORTHOP SCAND. 1986; 57: 138-140 NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION, THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
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ALLEGEDLY, IN A 1986 LITERATURE ARTICLE, BY SWANSON ET AL. TITLED FLEXIBLE IMPLANT ARTHROPLASTY IN THE PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT OF THE HAND, THE AUTHORS REPORT 4 IMPLANT FRACTURES IN SITU FOLLOWING MCP JOINT ARTHROPLASTY WITH SWANSON FINGER JOINT IMPLANTS.