Metacarpo-phalangeal thumb sprains based on experience with more than 1,000 cases.
The metacarpo-phalangeal thumb sprains are very frequent. They mostly occur during sports (50%), and the ulnar collateral ligament is the structure most frequently ruptured (86%). Surgical repair of all severe lesions and/or bony fragment avulsions has led to 90% of good, and excellent results, when the operation is followed by a proper physical therapy. Criteria for evaluation are considered and so is the management of the old or neglected sprains.
Moutet
F
F
Unité de Chirurgie Réparatrice de la Main et des Brûlés, Hôpital A. Michallon CHU, Grenoble.
Guinard
D
D
Lebrun
C
C
Bello-Champel
P
P
Massart
P
P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000601:surgery*; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery