Fracture of the radial sesamoid bone of the thumb: an unusual fracture

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 309-311

  Deabate, Luca ^a   Garavaglia, Guido ^a   Lucchina, Stefano ^a   Fusetti, Cesare ^a   Yuan, Tian ^b  

^a epartment of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery EOCORBV Via ospedale   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bone; Fracture; Sesamoid bones; Thumb

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURIES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; RADIOGRAPHY; SESAMOID BONE; THUMB;

FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; SESAMOID BONES; THUMB;

EID: 84979862127     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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