Fractures and dislocations, diagnosis and treatment (1915)
Preston, Miller Edwin, 1879- [from old catalog], Stover, H. G. [from old catalog] · St. Louis, C. V. Mosby company · leaf 328
serious handicap in the use of thehand. In compound cases the prognosis is much more unfavorable,especially in the presence of infection. CHAPTER XXII. FRACTURES OF THE METACARPALS. Surgical Anatomy.—The structure of the metacarpals resemblesthat of other long bones with the exception of the… … Fig. 422.—Fracture of the base of the first metacarpal entering the joint. Bennettsfracture. and joins the shaft during the twentieth. The metacarpal of thethumb has its single epiphysis located at the base. It begins toossify during the third year and joins the shaft in the twentieth.Occasionally…
Fractures · Dislocations · X-rays
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