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References on management of metacarpal injuries
1. Classic references
Barton N.
Conservative treatment of articular fractures in the hand
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J Hand Surg Am.
1989 Mar;14(2 Pt 2):386–390.
Hsu LP, Schwartz EG, Kalainov DM, et al.
Complications of K-wire fixation in procedures involving the hand and wrist
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J Hand Surg Am.
2011 Apr;36(4):610–616.
Jupiter JB, Nuñez F, Fricker R.
AO Manual of Fracture Management – Hand
. 1st edn. Davos: AO Foundation; Stuttgart, New York: Georg Thieme Verlag; 2015.
Ridley TJ, Freking W, Erickson LO, et al.
Incidence of Treatment for Infection of Buried Versus Exposed Kirschner Wires in Phalangeal, Metacarpal, and Distal Radial Fractures
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J Hand Surg Am.
2017 Jul;42(7):525–531.
2. Review references
Jones NF, Jupiter JB, Lalonde DH.
Common fractures and dislocations of the hand
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Plast Reconstr Surg
. 2012 Nov;130(5):722e–736e.
Miller EA, Friedrich JB.
Management of Finger Joint Dislocation and Fracture-Dislocations in Athletes
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Clin Sports Med.
2020 Apr;39(2):423–442.
Tulipan JE, Ilyas AM.
Open Fractures of the Hand: Review of Pathogenesis and Introduction of a New Classification System
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Hand Clin.
2018 Feb;34(1):1–7.
3. Further references
Bolt AM, McNab I.
Distal Jahss manoeuvre for reduction of proximal phalangeal neck fractures
.
Ann R Coll Surg Engl.
2020 Sep;102(7):547–548.
Bryan BK, Kohnke EN.
Therapy after skeletal fixation in the hand and wrist
.
Hand Clin.
1997 Nov;13(4):761–766.
Drenth DJ, Klasen HJ.
External fixation for phalangeal and metacarpal fractures
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J Bone Joint Surg Br.
1998 Mar;80(2):227–230.
Faraj
AA, Davis TR.
Percutaneous intramedullary fixation of metacarpal shaft fractures
.
J Hand Surg Br.
1999 Feb;24(1):76–79.
Gehrmann SV, Kaufmann RA, Grassmann JP, et al.
Fracture-dislocations of the carpometacarpal joints of the ring and little finger
.
J Hand Surg
Eur
Vol.
2015 Jan;40(1):84–87.
Giddins G.
Intrinsic plus posture
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J Hand Surg Eur Vol.
2019 Nov;44(9):985.
Joukhadar N, Lalonde D.
How to Minimize the Pain of Local Anesthetic Injection for Wide Awake Surgery
.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open.
2021 Aug 4;9(8):e3730.
Lalonde DH.
Wide awake hand surgery.
Stuttgart, New York: Georg Thieme; 2011.
Lalonde DH, Wong A.
Dosage of local anesthesia in wide awake hand surgery
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J Hand Surg Am.
2013 Oct;38(10):2025–2028.
Lee SG, Jupiter JB.
Phalangeal and metacarpal fractures of the hand
.
Hand Clin.
2000 Aug;16(3):323–332.
Suárez Romero F, Bocanegra Navia S. García Herrera A, et al.
Reconstrucción de metacarpianos en heridas por armas de fuego.
Rev Col Or Tra
. 2004 Dec;18(4):38–42.
References on intramedullary screw fixation
del Piñal F, Moraleda E, Rúas JS, et al.
Minimally invasive fixation of fractures of the phalanges and metacarpals with intramedullary cannulated headless compression screws
.
J Hand Surg Am.
2015 Apr;40(4):692–700.
Guidi M, Frueh FS, Besmens I, et al.
Intramedullary compression screw fixation of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures
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EFORT Open Rev.
2020 Oct 26;5(10):624–629.
Hoang D, Vu CL, Jackson M, et al.
An Anatomical Study of Metacarpal Morphology Utilizing CT Scans: Evaluating Parameters for Antegrade Intramedullary Compression Screw Fixation of Metacarpal Fractures
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J Hand Surg Am.
2021 Feb;46(2):149.e1–149.e8.
Jorquera Aguilera R, Melibosky F, Brunelli JPF, et al.
Headless Compression Screw for Metacarpal Nonunion: Description of a New Technique and Report of 4 Cases
.
Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg.
2022 Dec 1;26(4):232–239.
Poggetti A, Fagetti A, Lauri G, et al.
Outcomes of 173 metacarpal and phalangeal fractures treated by intramedullary headless screw fixation with a 4-year follow-up
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J Hand Surg Eur Vol.
2021 Jun;46(5):466–470.
Ruchelsman DE, Puri S, Feinberg-Zadek N, et al.
Clinical outcomes of limited-open retrograde intramedullary headless screw fixation of metacarpal fractures
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J Hand Surg Am.
2014 Dec;39(12):2390–2395.
Straszewski AJ, Dickherber JL, Conti Mica MA.
Articular Involvement with Retrograde Headless Compression Screw Fixation of the Metacarpal
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J Hand Surg Am.
2024 Jan;49(1):62.e1–62.e6.
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