Open AccessOpen or closed reduction and internal fixation of a combined Bennett and trapezial shear fracture? - Case reports
Author(s) -
Shai Luria,
Ido Volk
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
hand and microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2458-7834
DOI - 10.5455/handmicrosurg.210799
Subject(s) - internal fixation , reduction (mathematics) , shear (geology) , medicine , orthodontics , geology , surgery , mathematics , geometry , paleontology
Reduction and internal fixation of a rare injury to the thumb trapezo-metacarpal joint is described in three patients, a combination of a Bennett type fracture with a shear fracture of the radial tuberosity of the trapezium. Although open reduction is recommended for most cases, closed reduction may be adequate in some. [Hand Microsurg 2016; 5(3.000): 164-168