1. A rare case of isolated trapezium fracture in motorcycle polytrauma patient in emergency department
- Author
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Gabriele Falzarano, Antonio Medici, Steven J. McCabe, Giancarlo De Nigris, Grubor Predrag, Luigi Meccariello, and Maria Liberata Meccariello
- Subjects
musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Medical staff ,Trapezium ,030230 surgery ,Wrist ,Trapezium treatment ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Rare case ,medicine ,Carpal fractures ,030222 orthopedics ,business.industry ,Isolated fracture ,Trapezium Fracture ,lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid ,Polytrauma ,General Medicine ,Emergency department ,lcsh:RC86-88.9 ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,body regions ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Hand fracture ,Differential diagnosis ,business - Abstract
Medical staff hardly recognize fractures of trapezium due to the small size and the complex anatomy of the wrist and the hand. Seventy percent of all carpal fractures are scaphoid's fractures. Only 0.4% of all carpal injuries are trapezial fractures. In this paper, we presented a case of a high speed trauma where there were only trapezial fractures. Origin, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment and complications are evaluated and described.
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- 2016