Primary sarcomas of the thumb metacarpal are rare malignant lesions. Surgical treatment involves amputation versus tumor resection with thumb reconstruction. If complete tumor resection is possible, thumb preservation may be considered, as the thumb is vital to hand function. Following tumor resection, previous reports have described graft reconstruction with fusion to the trapezium or scaphoid...

BACKGROUND Several techniques have been designed to treat fifth metacarpal fractures reported to be effective. However, these methods cannot be easily applied to the fourth metacarpal due to its central anatomical position. In this study, we sought to analyze the functional outcomes of patients who underwent transverse pinning for a fourth metacarpal bone fracture. METHODS A total of 21 patie...

Metachronous solitary metacarpal bone metastasis from rectal cancer has not been reported previously. Here, we describe a 54-year-old woman who underwent abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. The resected specimen contained adenocarcinoma with no lymph node metastases (Stage II, T3N0M0); no adjuvant chemotherapy was administered. Fifteen months af...

UNLABELLED Historically, the dorsal arterial system of the hand received less attention than the palmar system. The studies concerning dorsal arterial anatomy present some controversies regarding the origin and presence of the dorsal metacarpal artery branches. Knowledge of the anatomy of dorsal metacarpal arteries is especially applied in the surgical planning for flaps taken from the dorsum o...

The post-traumatic dislocation of the fifth-finger is a rare lesion. In the absence of treatment, this lesion results in joint degeneration and instability. This lesion is usually unstable, treated by open, Closed. We report the case of a carpal-metacarpal dislocation isolated palmar pure in a boxer, clinically the patient presented a disturbance of rotation of 15° with a shortening of 5 mm. Th...

Chondrosarcomas of the hand are very rare, constituting less than 0.5% of all chondrosarcomas. Metacarpal involvement and juxtacortical location are still rarer. We report a case of periosteal chondrosarcoma of metacarpal bone in a 38-year-old man, who presented with swelling of the left hand. He underwent extended ray amputation with removal of the entire left third metacarpal bone. Histopatho...

The article describes the case of a 6-month-old Hucul mare with an additional second finger right thoracic limb. surgery to eliminate deformity was planned on basis clinical picture and results radiological examination. removed along fragment metacarpal bone. postoperative management rehabilitation went well. horse showed no lameness in follow-up outline phalango-metacarpal joint operated limb ...

a procedure characterised by simple excision of the trapezium (Gervis 1949). This procedure does not restore the trapezio-metacarpal joint, but rather creates a gap between the articular surfaces of the metacarpal and the scaphoid bones. Recently Swanson described a new technique, in which the trapezium was replaced by a silicone implant. Reports of the early results ofhis method and some techn...

conclusions metacarpal neck fractures are a common injury in young and active patients that results in substantial missed time from work. while the surgical indications are well-described, there is no consensus on the optimal treatment modality because of high complication rates. dorsal plating has higher complication rates than closed reduction and percutaneous pinning, but is necessary in com...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to present a novel surgical technique using an on-top osteotomy and to assess the clinical and radiographic outcomes for the triphalangeal Wassel type VI thumb duplication patients. METHODS The surgical technique involves ablation of the radial thumb at distal one-third of the metacarpal, corresponding metacarpal osteotomy of the ulnar thumb, with amal...