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- Title
Complex metacarpophalangeal joint dislocation caused by inappropriate reduction procedures.
- Authors
Ge, Yihua; Wang, Zhigang; Jiang, Enze
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 15-year-old, male adolescent fell on his outstretched left hand while playing basketball and developed a hyperextension deformity of the little finger. Topics include the local hospital emergency department, and X-ray revealed dislocation of the metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint of the left little finger, and the junior orthopedic surgeon performed a closed reduction by horizontal traction and hyperextension of the MP joint without anesthesia.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTICS; SKELETAL muscle; METACARPOPHALANGEAL joint; JOINT dislocations; UNNECESSARY surgery; FRACTURE fixation; COMPOUND fractures; JOINT hypermobility
- Publication
Pediatrics International, 2021, Vol 63, Issue 8, p997
- ISSN
1328-8067
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/ped.14617