Exercise stabile treatment of osseous ligament ruptures of the metacarpophalangeal thumb joint
Narr, H.; Balzer, J.
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse Organ der V. 15(1): 17-20
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0722-1819 PMID: 6852669 Document Number: 217909
Osseous rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb is a strain fracture. For reconstruction, stability and also anatomic reduction of the articular surface are important. Tension band wiring is the technique of choice. The method is described and reported in 18 patients.