title: Complete dislocation of the thumb metacarpal with extreme displacement.
abstract: This study reports a rare case of complete dislocation of the thumb metacarpal with extreme displacement. Although there are several reported cases of similar injury in earlier published reports, metacarpals of all the cases remained in situ. In this case, the metacarpal was totally displaced out of the hand. Although open reduction and internal fixation were performed, the clinical outcome was unsatisfactory because of severe soft tissue damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea , Seoul , Korea.
authors.forename: Seok-Whan
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yoo-Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Sur
authors.forename: Dong-Cheul
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D052737:Carpometacarpal Joints / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries*