We explored the value of the metacarpal bone plane in screening for serious fetal forearm and hand deformities, excluding simple polydactyly and dactylion deformity, by ultrasonographic examination. Observed the second to fifth metacarpal bone plane of fetuses in 20,139 pregnant women at a gestational age of 16 to 30 weeks in The International Peace Maternity &Child Health Hospital of China Wel...

Background: Since there is not a definite cause for Kienbock's diseases despite appropriate knowledge of lunate bone blood supply, so great debate about the ideal treatment protocol diseases. Objective: The aim this study to assess outcome combining distal capitate shortening and fusion base third metacarpal disease (Lichtman stage II or IIIA) with neutral ulna variance. Methods: Twenty patient...

BACKGROUND To compare clinical and radiographic outcomes between intramedullary nail fixation and percutaneous K-wire fixation for fractures in the distal third portion of the metacarpal bone. METHODS A single-institutional retrospective review identified 41 consecutive cases of metacarpal fractures between September 2009 and August 2013. Each of the cases met the inclusion criteria for close...

Enchondroma of the hand is a common lesion with a recurrence rate of up to 13.3% after curettage and bone grafting. Pathologic fractures often occur. Although allograft bone chips are widely used in the surgical treatment of enchondroma, the use of structural allograft bone has not been reported before. This case report presents a recurrent enchondroma of the fifth metacarpal with pathologic fr...

Bone morphology in the mid-diaphysis of metacarpus cattle and effect puberty age has been well described. However, there is limited information on how not attaining affects bone epiphysis metacarpus. The comprised third fourth metacarpal bones fused together to create a medial lateral epiphysis. When cow stance phase greater pressure claw; however, this difference loading Therefore, aim experim...

The majority of metacarpal fractures are closed injuries amenable to conservative treatment with external immobilization and subsequent rehabilitation. Internal fixation is favored for unstable fracture patterns and patients who require early motion. Percutaneous pinning usually is successful for metacarpal neck fractures and comminuted head fractures. Shaft and base fractures can be treated wi...

Tuberculous infection of metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges is known as tuberculous dactylitis. There is a spindle shaped expansion of the short tubular bones due to tuberculous granuloma. Hence it is also known as spina ventosa. In our case, a two year old boy with a swelling in the metacarpal was provisionally diagnosed as enchondromata while the possibility of spina ventosa was kept in m...

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...

FIG. 1.-Pseudo-fractures of first metacarpals in 1957. FIG. 2.-Gomplete healing of metacarpal fractures in 1958. FIG. 3.-Metacarpal fractures still healed in January 1964. No subperiosteal erosions have developed as a result of the hyperparathyroidism, indicating that this is the type that affects plasma levels without producing specific bone disease. FIG. 4.-Femoral pseudo-fractures (arrowed) ...