Fracture of the Fifth Finger Sesamoid: A Rare Injury

Fracture of the hand sesamoid bones is rare. Fractures are usually missed initially. Mechanism of injury is usually reported as hyperextension and less frequently as direct compression of metacarpophalangeal joint. Fracture of the hand sesamoid bones has been usually reported in the thumb. We report...

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Autores principales: Aslantürk, Okan, Ergen, Emre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6699212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488929
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_301_18
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description Fracture of the hand sesamoid bones is rare. Fractures are usually missed initially. Mechanism of injury is usually reported as hyperextension and less frequently as direct compression of metacarpophalangeal joint. Fracture of the hand sesamoid bones has been usually reported in the thumb. We report a case of fifth-digit sesamoid fracture, treated conservatively. In 6 months of followup, the patient had a full range of motion without pain.
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spelling pubmed-66992122019-09-06 Fracture of the Fifth Finger Sesamoid: A Rare Injury Aslantürk, Okan Ergen, Emre Indian J Orthop Case Report Fracture of the hand sesamoid bones is rare. Fractures are usually missed initially. Mechanism of injury is usually reported as hyperextension and less frequently as direct compression of metacarpophalangeal joint. Fracture of the hand sesamoid bones has been usually reported in the thumb. We report a case of fifth-digit sesamoid fracture, treated conservatively. In 6 months of followup, the patient had a full range of motion without pain. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6699212/ /pubmed/31488929 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_301_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Orthopaedics http://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 License, 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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