Combined Bennett Fracture Dislocation and Trapezium Fracture: A Rare Case Report.

bennett fracture fracture trapezium fracture wrist

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Nov 2019
Historique:
entrez: 1 1 2020
pubmed: 1 1 2020
medline: 1 1 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The combination of Bennett fracture dislocation and trapezium fracture is rare and presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a case of a young adult male who presented with such an injury after a motor vehicle accident. He had a Bennett fracture with a vertical trapezium fracture. He was treated with K-wire fixation without a capsulotomy. The fracture healed in six weeks and at eight weeks, he regained full movement. The mechanism of this rare injury pattern is discussed. A simple modification of a commonly used treatment method resulted in faster fracture healing and recovery in the present case. The case is presented for its rarity and the modified treatment method. Higher suspicion is stressed to avoid missing the diagnosis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31890412
doi: 10.7759/cureus.6211
pmc: PMC6925376
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e6211

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019, Kosagi Sharaph et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Raghavendra Kosagi Sharaph (R)

Orthopaedics, Subbaiah Hospital, Bangalore, IND.

Samundeeswari Saseendar (S)

Orthopaedics, Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, IND.

Saseendar Shanmugasundaram (S)

Orthopaedics, Apollo Hospital, Muscat, OMN.

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