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Carpometacarpal Dislocation of the Thumb Associated with Fracture of the TrapeziumFrom the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK Correspondence: B. S. Mody, Registrar in Orthopaedics, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK. Dislocation of the first carpometacarpal joint combined with a vertical intra-articular fracture of the trapezium is a rare injury. A case is described treated by open reduction of the trapezial fracture and reconstruction of the first intermetacarpal ligament using a slip of abductor pollicis longus tendon.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 18, No. 2,
197-199 (1993) |
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