Related Experiment Videos
Comminuted fractures of the base of the first metacarpal treated by distraction-external fixation
F Schuind1, M Noorbergen, Y Andrianne
1Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Erasmus Hospital, University Clinics of Brussels, Belgium.
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A new technique is presented for the treatment of comminuted intraarticular fractures of the base of the thumb metacarpal. A triangular Hoffmann external radius and first- and second-metacarpal fixator is used. The reduction is maintained by prolonged distraction and abduction of the first metacarpal bone. The application of the technique in three cases is reported.