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The Conservative Management of Bennetts Fracture-Dislocation: A 26-Year Follow-UpFrom Mansfield District General Hospital, Nottinghamshire Correspondence: Peter J. Livesley, B.Sc., F.R.C.S., 54 Chatsworth Drive, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4QT. Seventeen patients who had suffered a Bennetts fracture-dislocation have been reviewed with an average follow up of 26 years. All were treated conservatively. At review, only seven patients had symptoms, but all had a decreased range of movement and grip strength. Twelve had a characteristic deformity in the hand. Radiographs showed persistent subluxation of the first carpo-metacarpal joint and marked degenerative changes. We suggest that, in the light of the poor long-term outcome, this injury should not be managed conservatively but by some operative means.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 15, No. 3,
291-294 (1990) |
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