Simultaneous Bennett’s Fracture/Dislocation and Dorsal Fracture/Dislocation of Inter Phalangeal Joint of Thumb- A Case Report
Published: September 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/19912.8534
Narendran pushpasekaran, Vishal Shekhawat, Sathyamurthy palanisamy, baluravi, Deepak Gupta
1. Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
4. Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
5. Post Graduate Student, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Narendran Pushpasekaran,
62/2, Arjun Nagar, New Delhi-110029, India.
E-mail: drnaren247ortho@gmail.com
Simultaneous closed double dislocations of the hand are not a common presentation. We hereby report a 40-year-old male patient with an unusual presentation of Bennett’s fracture/dislocation associated with dorsal fracture dislocation of the interphalangeal joint of thumb along with its management by Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF) with K-wires and physiotherapy. The patient had near normal functions after three months.
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