title: Small Finger Metacarpal Shaft Wedged between Ring and Small Metacarpal Bases: a Report of 2 Cases.
abstract: We present two patients with a displaced fracture of the small finger metacarpal base, where the shaft of the small finger metacarpal was wedged between the bases of the ring and small finger metacarpals. The striking appearance on radiographs led to initial recommendations for surgery, but both patients preferred non-operative treatment and did well in the short term without surgery.
authors.affiliation: Frans J. Mulder BSc, Mariano E. Menendez MD, David Ring MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Yawkey Center, Suite 2100, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Frans J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.affiliation: Frans J. Mulder BSc, Mariano E. Menendez MD, David Ring MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Yawkey Center, Suite 2100, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Mariano E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Menendez
authors.affiliation: Frans J. Mulder BSc, Mariano E. Menendez MD, David Ring MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Yawkey Center, Suite 2100, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ring
keywords: Fracture; Metacarpal base; Non-operative treatment; Small finger