title: [Dislocation of the thumb saddle joint as a rare sports injury].
abstract: This report deals with 4 dislocations of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb during the period 1957-1983 as an injury caused by sports. 3 dislocations could be found in boxing, one was caused by a fall from a horizontal bar. All of them were closed: two times the dislocation was to the dorsal, one to the dorso-ulnar and one to the dorso-radial side. Closed dislocations do not require operative treatment. Reduction and immobilisation for four weeks in a plaster splint with inclusion of the thumb were sufficient, recurrence of the dislocation did not occur. Correct bandage and the use of effective boxing gloves are of great importance.
authors.affiliation: Unfallkrankenhaus Meidling, Wien.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001914:Boxing / Q000293:injuries*; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006173:Gymnastics / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D007596:Joints / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries*
vernacular_title: Die Daumensattelgelenkverrenkung als seltene Sportverletzung.