Operative Treatment of Metacarpal Fractures José M. Nolla DEFINITION Hand metacarpals can fracture at their base, shaft, neck, or head. Such fractures can lead to shortening, rotation, or angulation. Metacarpals…
Dorsal Block Pinning of Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture-Dislocations Elizabeth King Mark Goleski Jeffrey Lawton DEFINITION The laymen’s term “jammed finger” often is used to indicate an injury sustained to the…
Operative Treatment of Finger Carpometacarpal Joint Fracture-Dislocations John J. Walsh IV DEFINITION Fractures and dislocations of the carpometacarpal (CMC) joints of the index through small fingers involve intraarticular fractures at…
Dislocations and Chronic Volar Instability of the Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Robert R. Slater Jr. DEFINITION Disruption of the restraining structures on the volar surface of the joint between the metacarpal…
Operative Treatment of Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Fractures John T. Capo Joshua T. Mitgang Colin Harris DEFINITION The first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint comprises the thumb metacarpal base and the trapezium. The…
Reconstruction of Chronic Radial and Ulnar Instability of the Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Steven Z. Glickel DEFINITION Chronic instability of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and the radial collateral ligament (RCL)…
Arthroscopic and Open Primary Repair of Acute Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Radial and Ulnar Collateral Ligament Disruptions Alejandro Badia Prakash Khanchandani DEFINITION Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and radial collateral ligament (RCL)…
Surgical Treatment of Carpal Bone Fractures Excluding the Scaphoid Kenneth R. Means Jr. Thomas J. Graham DEFINITION These injuries include fractures of the lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, hamate body or hook,…
Vascularized Bone Grafting and Capitate Shortening Osteotomy for Treatment of Kienböck Disease Nilesh M. Chaudhari Mohamed Khalid Thomas R. Hunt III DEFINITION Lunate revascularization for Kienböck disease involves transfer of…
Ligament Stabilization of the Unstable Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Richard Y. Kim Robert J. Strauch DEFINITION Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint instability can occur as a result of ligament laxity or trauma….
