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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2003; 16(02): 105-111
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632760
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632760
Clinical Communication
Treatment of carpometacarpal and middle carpal joint hyperextension injuries with partial carpal arthrodesis using a cross pin technique: 21 cases
Further Information
Publication History
Received
20 November 2001
Accepted
21 October 2002
Publication Date:
22 February 2018 (online)

Summary
The cross-pin technique presented here was technically easy to perform, allowed latitude in pin placement, had manageable post-operative issues and allowed for facilitated pin removal. Objective patient inclusion criteria remain to be established.
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