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Four patients with a rare injury, coronal fracture of the dorsal hamate with associated
dorsal subluxations of the ring and small metacarpal bases were treated with open
reduction and internal fixation with the use of cortical mini-lag screws and Kirschner
wires. Average follow-up was 12 months (range, 6 to 19 months). Subjective patient
assessment and objective strength, range of motion measurements, and radiographs demonstrated
excellent overall results. Open reduction and internal fixation is recommended for
the treatment of this unusual fracture-subluxation.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 4,
1987
Received:
July 7,
1987
Footnotes
*No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
**Thanks to Gregory Caudill, OPA, Bradley Adams, MD, Felipe Fontanez, MD, David Ellis, MD, and Mary S. Lopez, OTR, for assistance in treating and evaluating these patients.
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© 1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
