Closed Mallet Thumb Injury-A Rare Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Mallet thumb injuries are uncommon. Traumatic avulsion injury of the extensor pollicis longus leads to significant difficulty. CASE REPORT: A 55-year-old male patient presented with a closed hyper flexion injury to the thumb, resulting in pain and loss of active extension. Clinical exa...

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Autores principales: Sumeeth, Pranam, Reddy, Harshitha S, Alva, Avinash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38025373
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2023.v13.i11.4014
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description INTRODUCTION: Mallet thumb injuries are uncommon. Traumatic avulsion injury of the extensor pollicis longus leads to significant difficulty. CASE REPORT: A 55-year-old male patient presented with a closed hyper flexion injury to the thumb, resulting in pain and loss of active extension. Clinical examination and x-rays confirmed a soft-tissue mallet injury. The patient was treated non-operatively by immobilizing the interphalangeal joint of the thumb. The patient regained full range of motion. CONCLUSION: Non-operative treatment for acute closed mallet injury of the thumb provides satisfactory outcomes. It is suitable when a patient presents acutely.
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spelling pubmed-106642142023-11-01 Closed Mallet Thumb Injury-A Rare Case Report Sumeeth, Pranam Reddy, Harshitha S Alva, Avinash J Orthop Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Mallet thumb injuries are uncommon. Traumatic avulsion injury of the extensor pollicis longus leads to significant difficulty. CASE REPORT: A 55-year-old male patient presented with a closed hyper flexion injury to the thumb, resulting in pain and loss of active extension. Clinical examination and x-rays confirmed a soft-tissue mallet injury. The patient was treated non-operatively by immobilizing the interphalangeal joint of the thumb. The patient regained full range of motion. CONCLUSION: Non-operative treatment for acute closed mallet injury of the thumb provides satisfactory outcomes. It is suitable when a patient presents acutely. Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2023-11 2023-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10664214/ /pubmed/38025373 http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2023.v13.i11.4014 Text en Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms
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