Dillon John, Street John, Mahalingham Karrupiah
Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Acta Orthop Belg. 2005 Jun;71(3):353-6.
Hand injuries due to longitudinal forces in the line of the metacarpals demonstrate unusual dislocation patterns. We describe a case of volar intra-articular fracture dislocation of the ring finger carpometacarpal joint in association with a pure dorsal dislocation of the little finger carpometacarpal joint. Open reduction supplemented with Kirschner wire fixation restored normal carpometacarpal joint anatomical relations and achieved an excellent clinical result.