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The authors are reporting 5 cases of mallet fractures treated with delta wiring technique with good functional and radiologic outcomes. Radiologic outcomes were evaluated on the basis of postoperative and follow-up x-rays and functional outcomes were evaluated using Crawford\u2019s criteria. Five patients (4 males, 1 female) with a mean age of 26.8 years (range, 20 to 33\u2009y) were included. The mean time between the injury and surgery was 5 days (range, 3 to 7\u2009d), and the mean follow-up period was 8.6 months (range, 8 to 10\u2009mo). Radiographic bone union was achieved in all patients within an average of 6.4 weeks (range, 6 to 7\u2009wk). At the final follow-up, the distal interphalangeal joint had an average degree of flexion of 73 degrees (range, 70 to 75 degrees) and an average extension deficit of 5.40 (range, 0 to 8 degrees). According to Crawford\u2019s criteria, 1 patient had excellent results and 4 patients had good results. No patient reported pain at the final follow-up with a visual analog scale score mean of 0.6 (range, 0 to 2). Satisfactory clinical and radiologic outcomes were obtained with the delta wiring technique. 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