Sentence examples for metacarpal base from inspiring English sources

Almost all the described reconstrictive procedures require a stump of tumour free metacarpal base after resection, for reconstruction of the metacarpal.

The Rolando fracture is now known as an intra-articular thumb metacarpal base fracture with three or more segments.

Although less common than the Bennett fracture, the Rolando fracture is a more severe fracture of the metacarpal base.

Usually, the dislocation can be reduced easily by thumb traction and abduction while gently pushing the metacarpal base medially [7, 13].

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.

In some instances, a vertical split fracture of the trapezium may occur, with the pullout effect of the intact RCL and axial loading of the metacarpal base on the trapezium.

The metacarpal bases are bound to the bones of wrist by tough ligaments, but further out, towards the fingers themselves, they are held fairly loosely.

The field of view was 120 mm and allowed the evaluation of the carpal bones, the metacarpal bases, and the distal radius and ulna.

The presence and number of erosions of the dominant wrist were evaluated by CR and CT examining the following bones: scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisisorm, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate, distal ulna, distal radius and metacarpal bases.

The field of view was restricted to the carpus, including the distal radioulnar joint (dRUJ), extending to the metacarpal (MC) bases but excluding the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints.

DXR is a new operator-independent diagnostic tool that provides automated measurements of cortical BMD and of metacarpal index (MCI), based on estimates of cortical thickness using digitized radiographs.