Fracture of the thumb sesamoid: A new physical sign

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-214

  Dodenhoff, R M ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAMOID BONE; SYMPTOM; THUMB INJURY;

EID: 0029998995     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)00213-8     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Bell MJ et al. Fracture of the ulnar sesamoid of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb - an arthrographic study. J Hand Surg 1985; 10: 379.
2. Scobie WH. Crush fracture of the sesamoid bone of the thumb. Br Med J 1941; ii: 912.
3. Stener B. Hyperextension injuries to the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb, rupture of ligaments, fractures of sesamoid bones, rupture of flexor pollicis brevis; an anatomical and clinical study. Acta Chirurg Scand 1963; 125: 275.