Bennett's fracture: a direct volar surgical approach

prom cadaver dissections of the recurrent proximal fragment due to traction of the abductor motor branch of the median nerve, we pollicis longus m u ~ c l e ~ , ~ . The small fmgment is determined the exact relationship of its thus left along the palmar aspect. terminal branches at the base of the thumb. This enabled us to surgically approach the first Bennett, in 1886, advocated closed reduction and carpometacarpal joint directly on the volar splintage with plaster for four weeks4(Fig 1). aspect for management of Bennett's fractures in 18 consecutive patients.