An unusual presentation of metacarpophalangeal joint instability of the thumb
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Post-traumatic instability of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb.
Of eithty-six patients with collateral ligament instability of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb, sixty-six (77 per cent) had ulnar and twenty (23 per cent) had radial instability, while in addition twenty-four had fractures and twenty-nine had volar subluxation of the proximal phalanx. Of the sixty-nine patients operated on, sixty-five had an abnormality of the ulnar or radial collate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (English Edition)
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2255-4971
DOI: 10.1016/j.rboe.2017.07.011