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Metacarpo-phalangeal thumb sprains based on experience with more than 1,000 cases
F Moutet1, D Guinard, C Lebrun
1Unité de Chirurgie Réparatrice de la Main et des Brûlés, Hôpital A. Michallon CHU, Grenoble.
Annales De Chirurgie De La Main : Organe Officiel Des Societes De Chirurgie De La Main
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The metacarpo-phalangeal thumb sprains are very frequent. They mostly occur during sports (50%), and the ulnar collateral ligament is the structure most frequently ruptured (86%). Surgical repair of all severe lesions and/or bony fragment avulsions has led to 90% of good, and excellent results, when the operation is followed by a proper physical therapy. Criteria for evaluation are considered and so is the management of the old or neglected sprains.