Email this article Treatment of stale fractures of the neck of the metacarpal bones with an external fixation rod
- Authors: Goloborodko S.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Center for Reconstructive Surgery of the Hand of Kharkiv Regional Clinical Traumatology Hospital and Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
- Issue: Vol 9, No 1 (2002)
- Pages: 70-72
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0869-8678/article/view/97138
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/vto97138
- ID: 97138
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Abstract
In 32 patients with closed old metacarpal bone neck fractures the treatment by ligamentotaxis type was performed using external rod fixation device. Fracture consolidation was achieved in all cases. Preoperatively the displacement angle ranged from 50 to 20° (mean 35°), prior to the device disassembling the displacement angle varied from 25 to 5° (mean 5°). During fixation the displacement increased in one patient only.
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S. A. Goloborodko
Center for Reconstructive Surgery of the Hand of Kharkiv Regional Clinical Traumatology Hospital and Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
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Email: info@eco-vector.com
Ukraine
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X-rays of a patient with a closed, stale (10 days after injury) fracture of the neck of the fifth metacarpal bone with displacement of fragments. a — on admission; b — before dismantling the rod apparatus for external fixation.
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