• Acta Orthop Belg · Jan 2006

    Case Reports

    Complex dorsal subluxation of the metacarpo-phalangeal joint of the thumb requiring open reduction: a case report.

    • Imran S Butt and Winston Y Kim.
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton, United Kingdom.
    • Acta Orthop Belg. 2006 Jan 1;72(1):93-5.

    AbstractThe authors present an case of a thumb metacarpophalangeal joint dislocation which was made complicated by the interposition of the sesamoid bone which required open reduction. The intact volar plate prevented closed reduction. The anatomy and surgical management of this unusual case is described.

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