The mallet finger is a stable injury. If the patient presents with lack of active extension of the DIP joint, then splinting of the finger in extension or slight hyperextension for 8 weeks is the treatment of choice.
Types of Stroke. The most common type of stroke, accounting for almost 80 percent of all strokes, is caused by a clot or other blockage within an artery leading to the brain. An intracerebral hemorrhage is a type of stroke caused by the sudden rupture of an artery within the brain. Blood is then released into the brain compressing brain structures. A subarachnoid hemorrhage is also a type of stroke caused by the sudden rupture of an artery.
The remaining two, cerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhages, are caused by ruptured blood vessels and have a much higher fatality rate than strokes caused by clots. Cerebral thrombosis: Cerebral thrombosis, the most common kind of stroke, occurs when a blood clot forms in an artery, blocking the flow of blood to the brain.