TREATMENT OF SUBCAPITAL FRACTURES OF THE FIFTH METACARPAL BONE: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED COMPARISON BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL TREATMENT AND REPOSITION AND SPLINTING
| Autor: | Jussi K. Haapala, Soili K. Mulari-Keränen, Raimo O. Niskanen, Korkala O, Hannu Kuokkanen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Dentistry Statistics Nonparametric law.invention Fifth metacarpal bone Fractures Bone Randomized controlled trial law medicine Humans medicine.bone Prospective Studies Fractures Closed Child Prospective cohort study Reduction (orthopedic surgery) Ferula Aged biology business.industry Hand Injuries General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Bandages Surgery Splints Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Upper limb Female Metacarpus business Splint (medicine) |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. 33:315-317 |
| ISSN: | 0284-4311 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02844319950159299 |
| Popis: | We did a prospective study to compare the results of treatment of subcapital fractures of the fifth metacarpal bone by closed reduction and splinting or by functional treatment. Twenty-nine consecutive patients were randomly divided into the two treatment groups (functional n = 14, and reposition and splinting n = 15). The results of treatment were satisfactory in both groups. Functionally treated patients recovered their grip force and range of movement of the affected hand a little sooner. All fractures in both groups had united within three months. There were no complications. We conclude that subcapital fractures of the fifth metacarpal bone can successfully be treated without closed reduction and splinting. |
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