title: [A man with a painful right hand].
abstract: A young man visited the Emergency Department with a painful right hand after punching his fist against a wall. He suffered a luxation in the fifth carpometacarpal joint and a fracture at the base of the fourth metacarpal bone which were successfully treated by reposition and plaster bandage for 4 weeks.
authors.affiliation: IJsselland ziekenhuis, Capelle aan de IJssel, afd. Chirurgie, The Netherlands. dedewe@gmail.com
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Witte
authors.forename: Imro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dawson
mesh_terms: D052737:Carpometacarpal Joints / Q000293:injuries*; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007593:Joint Instability; D008297:Male; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D013165:Splints; D055815:Young Adult