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The Use of a Moulded Metacarpal Brace Versus Neighbour Strapping for Fractures of the Little Finger Metacarpal Neck

I. J. HARDING
D. PARRY
R. L. BARRINGTON

From the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering, UK

Correspondence: Mr Ian J Harding, 2 Quarry Hollow, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8JR, UK. Tel.: +44 (0) 1865 456228; Fax: +44 (0) 1865 456229; E-mail: ianjharding{at}hotmail.com

Seventy-three patients with fractures of the neck of the little finger metacarpal were randomized to treatment with a moulded metacarpal brace or neighbour strapping. Sixty-five of these attended for follow-up at 3 weeks. Both treatment modalities permitted a functional range of movement, but patients treated with the metacarpal brace had significantly less pain than those treated with neighbour strapping, and this facilitated an early return to work.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 26, No. 3, 261-263 (2001)
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2000.0509
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