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Locking of the Metacarpophalangeal Joints in Degenerative Disease

Dundee

E. A. WILLIAMS

Manchester

Nine cases of locking of the metacarpo-phalangeal joint are described. The previously asymptomatic middle finger joint in an elderly person was most likely to be affected. Radiology of the joint has shown degenerative changes in all cases. In two patients, spontaneous unlocking of the joint occurred and in a further six operative release was undertaken. The important anatomical features of the condition are discussed in relation to the mechanism of locking and the surgical treatment.

The Hand, Original Series, Volume 13, No. 2, 147-151 (1981)
DOI: 10.1016/S0072-968X(81)80054-X


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