Sentence examples for dislocation of the thumb from inspiring English sources

Anteroposterior and oblique hand radiographs revealed CMC dislocation of the thumb associated with trapezium fracture (Fig. 2).

On the other hand, CMC dislocation of the thumb associated with fracture of trapezium is an extremely rare injury.

With an obvious dislocation of the thumb, attention must be paid for associated injuries including Bennett's fracture-dislocation or trapezium fracture.

Garavaglia et al. [11] described this injury as transtrapezium carpometacarpal dislocation of the thumb, which seems to be the appropriate nomenclature for this specific injury.

According to the first mechanism of injury, CMC dislocation of the thumb occurs from axial loading on a flexed thumb metacarpal, which drives the metacarpal base dorsally over the trapezium and ruptures the RCL.

The purpose of this report is to describe a patient with CMC dislocation of the thumb associated with fracture of trapezium and to discuss anatomy, mechanism of injury, treatment options, and outcomes in light of current literature.

Pure carpometacarpal (CMC) dislocations of the thumb are rare injuries that account for <1 % of all hand injuries [1].

Carpometacarpal dislocation (CMC) of the thumb associated with fracture of trapezium is an extremely rare injury, with only 12 cases that sustained similar injuries reported in the literature.

Furthermore, isolated APL division may predispose to subluxation or dislocation of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb.

These types of fractures include Bennett fractures (a dislocation and break at the base of the thumb) and Rolando fractures (when the base of the thumb fractures into three parts).

Several biomechanical and cadaver studies investigating the contribution of these ligaments to thumb stability and preventing dorsoradial dislocation of the TMP joint showed that RCL is the primary restraint against dorsal dislocation [1, 2, 3, 4].