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Multiple Carpometacarpal Volar Dislocation

Author(s)
Iftikhar Ahmad Kahlon Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Postgraduate Medical Institute/Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Abdul Karim Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Postgraduate Medical Institute/Lahore General Hospital,Lahore, Pakistan
Zaman Khan Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Postgraduate Medical, Institute/Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract
A case of multiple carpometacarpal joints volar dislocation in a young man of 25 years of age is reported. He presented with pain and deformity of his left hand immediately after road traffic accident. He was unable to move his left hand. X-rays of the affected hand showed volar dislocation of all four medial carpometacarpal joints. Dislocated joints were reduced, fixed with K-wires and immobilized in slab. K-wires were removed after 8 weeks. Hand function is satisfactory on the follow-up.
Publication Details
Page(s) 49-51
DOI DOI not available
Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Year: 2011

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Keywords
hand, Deformity, Carpometacarpal joints, Volar dislocation, K-wire fixation
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