Don't avoid the sesamoids: Fracture to the ulnar sesamoid of the first metacarpophalangeal joint [1]

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-

  Connolly, Cara M ^a   Alsousou, J ^a   Hassan, S ^a   Williams, N W ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SWELLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FINGER FRACTURE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REFLEX DISORDER; SESAMOID BONE; SPORT INJURY; THUMB INJURY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; SESAMOID BONES; SOCCER; THUMB; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 40449117662     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.053579     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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