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Avulsion fracture of the second metacarpal base by the extensor carpi radialis longus
H Takami1, S Takahashi, M Ando
1Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|December 2, 1998
Abstract:
An avulsion fracture of the insertion of the extensor carpi radialis longus tendon is rare. There have been only five reports of this injury in the literature [1, 2, 4]. We describe an additional case in which open reduction with internal fixation gave a satisfactory result.