Closed Intramedullary Locking Nailing for Metacarpal Fractures: A Retrospective Study of Sixty-Six Fractures [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2018 Introduction: Metacarpal fractures are frequent injuries in the young male working population and the majority are treated non-operatively. There is a growing trend to surgically treat these fractures, with the aim of reducing the deformity and ...
Ghazala C, Choudhry N, Rajeev A
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Novel ‘mini-incision’ metacarpal fixation technique for long oblique and spiral shaft fractures
JPRAS OpenBackground: Metacarpal shaft fractures account for 30 % of all hand fractures, and long oblique and spiral shaft fractures represent a significant quantity.
Safwat Ibrahim +2 more
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Metacarpal fractures in children (literature review) [PDF]
Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2019 Hand injury holds one of the first places among injuries of the musculoskeletal system in children. The share of fractures of metacarpal bones account for 10 to 35 % of all fractures, while for 1/5 of pediatric patients they are accompanied by injury to ...
S. U. Semenov +3 more
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Metacarpal Neck Fractures: A Review of Surgical Indications and Techniques [PDF]
Archives of Trauma Research, 2016 Context Hand injuries are a common emergency department presentation. Metacarpal fractures account for 40% of all hand fractures and can be seen in the setting of low or high energy trauma.
Padegimas, Warrender, Jones, Ilyas
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External Fixator Applıcatıons in Phalanx and Metacarpal Bone Fractures [PDF]
Acta Medica AlanyaAim: Hand injuries can be a great source of stress and a cause of disconnection from life by negatively impacting the work that patients do in their daily lives.
Tufan Kaleli, Gözde Kirgın
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Management of metacarpal fractures. [PDF]
J Clin Orthop Trauma, 2020 The metacarpal fractures are common fractures which are treated by orthopaedic surgeons, plastic surgeons and hand surgeons equally. These are seen in young adults who have active life style. These have a major impact in life style of the patients if these are not treated adequately.
Carreño A, Ansari MT, Malhotra R.
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Factors affecting healing following percutaneous intramedullary fixation of metacarpal fractures. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2021 Although percutaneous intramedullary nailing of metacarpal fractures is a straightforward and reliable technique, it is not without complications, and patients experience different outcomes. This study analyzed factors affecting fracture healing time and
Kim CH +5 more
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Screw and Suspension Fixation for Bennett Fractures [PDF]
, 2022 Bennett fractures are inherently unstable partial articular fractures of the base of the first metacarpal, often resulting from an axial load applied to a partially flexed metacarpal.
Graham, DJ +3 more
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Metacarpal fractures in the athlete [PDF]
Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine, 2017 To describe current evaluation and treatment of metacarpal fractures in athletes RECENT FINDINGS: Biomechanical and clinical studies involving lower-profile, locking, shorter length, and double-row or separate-dual plate configurations, as well as intramedullary screw fixation, have demonstrated the potential benefits of internal fixation with ...
Maximillian, Soong +2 more
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Dorsal Cortical Alignment Predicts Functional Outcomes in Proximal Phalangeal Fractures Treated with Intramedullary Headless Compression Screws but Not in Metacarpal Fractures. [PDF]
J Clin Med: Intramedullary headless compression screw (IMHCS) fixation has emerged as a minimally invasive and biomechanically robust method for treating metacarpal and proximal phalangeal fractures.
Vanmierlo B +5 more
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