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Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 422-424 (March 2010)


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Irreducible Dislocation of the Thumb Interphalangeal Joint With Digital Nerve Interposition: Case Report

Samir R. Shah, MDCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Randy Bindra, MD, Justin W. Griffin, BS

Received 11 September 2009; accepted 18 November 2009. published online 01 February 2010.

Irreducible open dislocation of the thumb interphalangeal joint is a rare injury with several factors responsible for blocking reduction. We describe a case of a 32-year-old man who, on surgical exploration, was found to have an irreducible thumb dislocation due to flexor pollicis longus tendon, ruptured volar plate, and the digital nerve interposed in the interphalangeal joint.

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Samir R. Shah, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Plastic Surgery, 2160 South First Ave., Maywood, IL 60153

 No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

PII: S0363-5023(09)01025-9

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.11.017


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