Fracture of the metacarpal head with 180 degrees longitudinal rotation

Authors
Blohm, D Hansen, TB
Citation
D. Blohm et Tb. Hansen, Fracture of the metacarpal head with 180 degrees longitudinal rotation, SC J PLAST, 32(4), 1998, pp. 433-435
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND HAND SURGERY
ISSN journal
02844311 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
433 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
0284-4311(199812)32:4<433:FOTMHW>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A 61-year old man fell and sustained an intracapital fracture of the 3rd me tacarpal bone with an unusual dislocation. Primary radiograph showed 180 de grees longitudinal rotation of the distal fragment. To reduce the fracture the metacarpophalangeal joint was opened and the fracture stabilised. The f racture healed after four weeks, and there was no sign of necrosis at the t hree month follow up.