"thumb carpometacarpal joint volar dislocation: a case report "

Multiple carpometacarpal volar dislocation.

A case of multiple carpometacarpal joints volar dislocation in a young man of 25 years of age is reported. He presented with pain and deformity of his left hand immediately after road traffic accident. He was unable to move his left hand. X-rays of the affected hand showed volar dislocation of all four medial carpometacarpal joints. Dislocated joints were reduced, fixed with K-wires and immobil...

Simultaneous carpometacarpal and metocarpophalangeal joints dislocation: a case report

Introduction: Carpometocarpal and metacarpophalangeal dislocations, each are among rare dislocations in hand and wrist, and their simultaneous occurrence in the same hand is extremely rare and as case reports. Case report: Herein we report a patient in whom, simultaneous fracture/dislocation of these joints had occurred in two of the fingers of his right hand. Aside from reporting our case, a ...

Isolated radial volar dislocation of the fifth carpometacarpal joint :a rare injury

Isolated palmar dislocation of the fifth carpometacarpal joint is an uncommon injury and classified as radio-palmar or ulno-palmar according to the direction of displacement of the fifth metacarpal base. This very rare injury is often difficult to recognize. A careful neurologic assessment of the patient is a necessity, as well as obtaining proper radiographs of the hand. The purpose of this re...

Isolated thumb carpometacarpal joint dislocation: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND Isolated thumb carpometacarpal dislocation is a rare injury pattern and the optimal treatment option is still controversial. CASE DESCRIPTION We present a 27-year-old basketball player who underwent an isolated dorsal dislocation of the thumb carpometacarpal joint after a fall. The dislocation was successfully reduced by closed means but the joint was found to be grossly unstable. ...

Postoperative management of carpometacarpal joint fracture dislocation of the hand: A case report.

Injury to the carpometacarpal joints is rare. The strong ligamentous attachments and carpal bone alignment readily resist displacement. To the authors' knowledge, there are no studies evaluating postoperative recovery regimens of carpometacarpal fracture dislocations. The present study describes a postoperative hand therapy regimen that used a novel carpometacarpal brace permitting early mobili...

Dislocation of the fifth carpometacarpal joint.