metacarpal fracture
A Novel Handmade External Fixator for Phalangeal and Metacarpal Fractures
... Conclusions: This type of handmade external fixator is simple, lightweight, and cheap. Furthermore, all implements are readily available in most operating fields. The probability of loosening has been greatly diminished ...
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Stability of Unicortical versus Bicortical Metacarpal Fracture Internal Fixation Trial (SUBMIT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... Background: Metacarpal fractures are common, accounting for 40 % of all hand ...the metacarpal are drilled through, with screws engaging both ...compare fracture union, complication rate and ...
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RESPONSE OF METACARPAL FRACTURE FIXATION CONSTRUCTS TO PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS
... The clinical outcome of various forms of metacarpal fracture fixation indicates that an optimal result is not necessarily associated with the strongest construct. If the physiological loadings on these ...
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Metacarpal Neck Fractures: A Review of Surgical Indications and Techniques
... (3), metacarpal fractures alone account for about 40% of all hand fractures with ...common fracture to present to an orthopaedic surgeon (after distal radius fractures) with an incidence of ...Isolated ...
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New fixation approach for transverse metacarpal neck fracture: a biomechanical study
... Fifth metacarpal neck fracture, also known as boxer ’ s fracture, is the most common metacarpal ...fifth metacarpal neck fracture for whom surgical intervention is ...fifth ...
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERCUTANEOUS KIRSCHNER WIRES AND OPEN REDUCTION WITH INTERNAL FIXATION IN MANAGEMENT OF UNSTABLE METACARPAL SHAFT FRACTURE
... Metacarpal base and proximal shaft fractures are immobilized in an intrinsic plus splint with interphalangeal joints free to start active and passive motion. Gentle active motion at the MCP level is allowed in the ...
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Treatment of fifth metacarpal neck fractures with antegrade single elastic intramedullary nailing
... of fracture; (c) AIMN significantly demonstrated fewer complications; (d) there was a trend for better pain scores when using ...of metacarpal neck ...fifth metacarpal fractures was an excellent ...
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A novel experimental design for the measurement of metacarpal bone loading and deformation and fingertip force
... third metacarpal, including the intrinsic muscles ...The metacarpal bone surface was cleaned with acetone and three strain gauges were attached with a cyanoacrylate adhesive to the radial-palmar, dorsal and ...
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Correlation between Skeletal Age and Metacarpal Bones and Metacarpophalangeal Joints Dimensions
... on metacarpal bones, metacarpophalangeal joints; however, further studies regarding other regions of hand radiographs such as phalangeal and carpal bones, and proximal and distal-interphalangeal joints are ...
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A study of metacarpocortical index in chronic renal failure
... osteoporotic fracture during their ...fragility fracture is ...hip fracture on the quality of life is considered in disability-adjusted life years, the global burden of disease (GBD) has been ...
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A five year retrospective epidemiological analysis of patients diagnosed with maxillofacial fracture
... My name is Dr Sandeep Dawre and I am a registrar in the Department of Plastic Surgery. As part of my training, I am conducting a study about maxillofacial fracture (broken bones of the face from the eyebrow, nose, ...
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Skateboards: Are they really perilous? A retrospective study from a district hospital
... trauma centre paediatric fracture clinic [12]. In a study by Schalamon J et al, the 4-month calculated incidence in children less than 16 years of age was 0.68 per 1,000 for skateboard injuries [7]. They suggested ...
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A Rare Case of Fracture of Radius Associated with Dislocation of Both Distal and Proximal Radio Ulnar Joint
... shaft fracture and closed/open re- duction of the radio-ulnar ...radius fracture was addressed by anterior Henry’s approach. The fracture was exposed, cleaned and fixed with a seven holes small DCP ...
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Floating Knee Injuries: An analysis of functional outcome and factors influencing the outcome
... factor was the 30% incidence of osteomyelitis in patients treated by fixation of both fractures, almost three times the incidence when only one fracture was fixed. A 30% incidence of delayed union or nonunion ...
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Traumatic Floating Bone About 11 Cases and a Literature Review
... first metacarpal [19], the firth metacarpal [20], the second metacarpal [21], the third metacarpal [22], the fourth metacarpal [35], the fifth metatarsal [35], the isolated ulna [23], ...
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Bizarre Parosteal Osteochondromatous Proliferation (Nora’s Lesion) of the Hand: A Report of Two Atypical Cases
... third metacarpal (Figure ...third metacarpal (Figure ...third metacarpal that resembled a focus of mature ossification with similar medullary and cortical components (Figure ...
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Effect of Strain Rate and Temperature on Tensile Properties of Bi Based Lead Free Solder
... The fracture surface observation results of ...brittle fracture to pure Bi was observed in ...of fracture portion of ...both fracture surfaces. This means brittle fracture occurred in ...
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Toughness strength relations in the overaged 7449 Al Based alloy
... shear fracture mode, with the former becoming more important as overaging ...strain fracture toughness, based on the microstructurally dependent work-hardening factor, K A , introduced in Ashby’s theory of ...
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Optimal management of thumb basal joint arthritis: challenges and solutions
... determined no significant difference in patient satisfaction between ligament reconstruction and no ligament recon- struction, there have been no large randomized studies with long-term follow-up to determine whether ...
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A customized protocol to assess bone quality in the metacarpal head, metacarpal shaft and distal radius: a high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography precision study
... ethical approval from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada. Community-dwelling adults were recruited from a large urban metropolitan setting. Par- ticipants received no financial remuneration for partici- ...
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