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Bennett fracture

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Bennett fracture
Orthopedics An intraarticular fracture/dislocation of the ulnar aspect of thumb/1st metacarpal, in which a small fragment of the metacarpal continues to articulate with the trapezium Mechanism Forced thumb abduction Complications Pseudoarthrosis Prognosis Better than Rolando fracture. See Fracture. Cf Rolando fracture.


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The simple Bennett fracture and the comminuted Rolando fracture are 2 common patterns with intra-articular extension into the carpometacarpal joint.
"S" Quattro external fixation for complex intra-articular thumb ... by A M Byrne and S R Kearns and S Morris and E P Kelly / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
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