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Closed (subcutaneous) injuries of the extensor tendons of the fingers have received considerable attention in the literature, in contrast to subcutaneous injuries of the flexor tendons. However, practitioners are little familiar with this type of injury due to its extreme rarity.

Due to the peculiarities of the anatomical structure of the metacarpal-carpal joints - a small range of motion in them, a strong ligamentous connection between the bases of the metacarpal bones and the distal row of the wrist bones - pure dislocations of the metacarpal bones are rare. More often they are accompanied by intra-articular fractures of the bases of the metacarpal bones or even the bones of the distal row of the wrist with a violation of the correct ratio of the bones that form the metacarpal-carpal joints.

Intensive development of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery in recent years, increase in the number of specialists involved in it, including in the Republic of Tatarstan, have created prerequisites for organization of local society, uniting representatives of various surgical and other medical and non-medical specialties. The main objective of their scientific and practical activity is development of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, formation of this science as a specialty.