title: Isolated volar carpometacarpal dislocation of the fifth digit.
abstract: McWharter first described volar carpometacarpal dislocations of the fifth digit in 1918. Since then, 14 cases have been reported in the medical literature. Berg and Murphy were first to report a case of ulnopalmar dislocation that was successfully treated with closed reduction and immobilization. Previously reported cases required internal fixation with or without open reduction. We report a fifth carpometacarpal ulnopalmar dislocation, treated with closed reduction and casting.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedics of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lintner
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Rettig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography