title: [Osseous avulsion of the opponens pollicis muscle. Case report of a rare injury in skiing].
abstract: Two cases in which the M. opponens pollicis was ruptured with a bony fragment are reported. In each case the injury, which occurred in young people (24-29 years of age), was the outcome of a fall during alpine skiing, whereby the hand hit the icy slope. Operative treatment was necessary due to the intense subjective pain which followed a significant thenar hematoma.
authors.affiliation: Univ.-Klinik für Unfallchirurgie in Innsbruck.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pechlaner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sailer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gabl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012865:Skiing; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Knöcherner Ausriss des M. opponens pollicis. Fallbeschreibung einer seltenen Verletzung beim Skisport.