BACKGROUND Whether percutaneous pinning or plate fixation is more appropriate for metacarpal fractures is still open to debate. Our study purpose was to review the current literature in an attempt to determine the optimal treatment modality for metacarpal fractures on the basis of functional outcomes, radiographic outcome and rates of complications. METHODS We selected Pubmed, Cochrane librar...

There was an error published in Journal of Experimental Biology (2020) 223, jeb224360 (doi:10.1242/jeb.224360).The description the calculation metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint abduction and adduction incorrect. It originally described as angle between metacarpal projection phalangeal vector onto plane best fit metacarpals. This not case. The MCP adduction/abduction calculated 3-D projected sagit...

BACKGROUND Forearm amputation in different zones via a similar mechanism in a group of patients of similar age is associated with different possibilities of functional recovery. The degree of postoperative recovery of function is invariably partial compared to pre-amputation function; this kind of trauma inevitably leads to disability. The patients adapt to their new circumstances to a differen...

This paper presents the wrist joint MR images of the EULAR-OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI reference image atlas. Reference images for scoring synovitis, bone oedema, and bone erosions according to the OMERACT RA MRI scoring (RAMRIS) system are provided. All grades (0-3) of synovitis are illustrated in each of the three wrist joint areas defined in the scoring system--that is, the distal radio...

Figure 2 Technique of splinting metacarpal fractures directly or using the proximal phalanx as a piston. The main issue with the closed technique is maintaining the reduced position in a plaster cast once moulding is complete, thereby commonly necessitating surgical stabilisation. We describe a novel and useful technique that maintains the reduction in the intrinsic plus (Edinburgh) position wi...

Suday, O cber 8, 2017 $500, people would rather experience two weeks in a cast, three weeks in a brace, two months of soreness, or a 2% increase in the risk of treatment failure. A one point decrease in an individual’s apprehension about surgery has the same impact on treatment selection as a $600 reduction in the cost of surgery. Individuals who have undergone surgery in the past, and those wi...

We report an unusual combination of features comprising delayed tooth eruption and closure of the anterior fontanel as the sole presenting features in a child with cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD). Radiological survey revealed the presence of wormian bones in the skull, pseudoepiphysis at the base of the bilateral second metacarpal, and midline ossification defects at pubic symphysis in the presen...

A 31-year-old housewife attended the Accident and Emergency Department of the Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, having fallen and injured her left wrist. She had fallen backwards onto her outstretched hand, forcing the wrist into considerable dorsi-flexion with the forearm in supination. Examination revealed bruising and swelling at the base of the first metacarpal and over ...

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...

A rare bone tumor of 3rd metacarpal bone in a male child aged 2 years is being described. The patent presented with a gradually increasing, painful swelling over the dorsum of right hand which radiologically revealed an expansile, radioluscent mass, in 3rd metacarpal shaft with cortical destruction. The clinic-radiological differential diagnosis was aggressive cartilage tumor or an osteomyeliti...