title: Trapezium fracture - a common technique to fix a rare injury: a case report.
abstract: Trapezium fractures are rare injuries which should not be missed. We report a case of a 27-year-old right hand dominant man who sustained a closed vertical trapezium fracture and first carpometacarpal joint dislocation which was treated with closed reduction and percutaneous Kirschner-wire fixation, a technique familiar to all orthopaedic surgeons. Satisfactory functional outcome was achieved at final follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road,Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK. darryl.ramoutar@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Darryl Nilesh
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Ramoutar
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katevu
authors.forename: Andrew Gordon
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Titchener
authors.forename: Arpit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel