Chirurgie de la main
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The authors report the case of a 23 year old patient, who presented the following combination of injuries after a fall, namely a divergent dislocation of the elbow, a fracture of the radial head, a fracture of the ulna and a perilunate dislocation with scaphoid fracture. The entire injury thus represented a bipolar dislocation of the forearm. ⋯ Satisfactory healing of the scaphoid was observed. This combination of injuries has only rarely been reported in the literature.
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Chirurgie de la main · Feb 2007
Comparative Study[Primary flexor tendon ruptures of the little finger within the carpal tunnel. Proposed classification based on six clinical cases and review of the literature].
Six cases of primary flexor tendon rupture of the little finger within the carpal tunnel are presented. All of them were attritional ruptures caused by a rough hook of the hamate. ⋯ Ultrasound may by helpful to determine the level of rupture. The surgical treatment consists of excision of the hook of the hamate and tendon repair.
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Chirurgie de la main · Feb 2007
Case Reports[Intramedullary stabilisation of hematometacarpal fracture-dislocation. A case report].
We report a case of a dorsal coronal fracture of the hamate associated with an unstable hematometacarpal dislocation in a 15 year old patient. An accurate assessment was done only after a 3D-CT was performed. Open reduction and intramedullary fixation yielded a very good result.
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A case of simultaneous dorsal dislocation of the metacarpophalangeal and carpometacarpal joints in the little finger is presented. The patient required an open reduction of the metacarpophalangeal joint, the carpometacarpal joint was reduced simultaneously. Thirty month post-operatively there was no subluxation of either joint.