In this report we describe our encounter of a case of hand trauma referred to our center presenting with incomplete left thumb amputation at metacarpal level with extensor pollicis longus (EPL) and flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon avulsion from the tenomuscular junction. After metacarpal bone fixation the ulnar digital artery was anastomosed and the digital nerves were coapted. Transfer of e...

Female, Hindoo, aged 40; not known to be hereditary; neither father nor mother, sisters, brothers, nor children, have the deformity. The thumb of the left hand was very broad, bulging out at the end of the first phalanx, and then narrowing to the root of the single normal nail. The metacarpal bone was single, but flattened at its distal extremity, and presented two articular surfaces, to which ...

INTRODUCTION Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor of the growing skeleton. It presents with pain, which is usually worse at night. The radiographic features consist of a central oval or round nidus surrounded first by a radiolucent area followed by another area of sclerotic bone. In the hand, osteoid osteoma is more commonly located in the phalanges and carpal bones. The metacarpals are the least ...

A 30-day-old Simental male calf brought with gait disorder and diagnosed polydactyly as a result of clinical radiographic examinations formed the study material. The over-formed metacarpal bone nails were removed operative intervention. No complications encountered in radiographs taken on 1st, 10th 365th days. Thus, such cases where general condition patient is not bad, it was concluded that in...

PURPOSE To determine factors that affect healing index and consolidation time following lengthening of congenitally short metacarpals (brachymetacarpia). METHODS 18 metacarpals of 8 young women (mean age, 18.6 years) were lengthened using the callus distraction technique. The results, including healing index and consolidation time, were analysed and compared with those in the literature. RE...

gressive tumors that account for 4.0-9.5% of all primary bone neoplasms (1, 2). GCT predominates in the long tubular bones, but does, in rare cases, occur in the small bones of the hands and feet. Most GCT cases occur at the sacrum, with only very rare cases occurring during pregnancy (3, 4). We report a case of a GCT involving a metacarpal bone with rapid growth during pregnancy, which was mis...

The objective of this study was to examine the differences in sow metacarpal properties through various parities and to compare the incidence of locomotory problems between stalled and loose-housed sows. Metacarpals (n = 110) of sows from six farms were collected at slaughter and stored at -20°C. Bones from one forelimb of sows in stalls (n = 36) and loose-housed (n = 20) were collected and the...