Comminuted Fracture of the Body of the Trapezium and Thumb Carpometacarpal Dislocation: A Particular Pattern

Laura Alonso; José Couceiro

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632406

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CC-BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2018; 04(01): e34-e36
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632406

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Comminuted Fracture of the Body of the Trapezium and Thumb Carpometacarpal Dislocation: A Particular Pattern

Laura Alonso

¹Hand Surgery Unit, Orthopedics Department. Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

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José Couceiro

¹Hand Surgery Unit, Orthopedics Department. Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

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Abstract

Trapezium fractures are uncommon injuries. Our case is that of a thumb carpometacarpal joint dislocation associated to a partly comminuted fracture of the body of the trapezium. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this particular variation has not been previously reported in the indexed literature.

Keywords

trapezium - carpometacarpal - joint dislocation - fracture

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