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The Bennett Fracture of the First Metacarpal Bone; Diagnosis and Treatment

1908; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 158; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm190802271580901

2331-4710

Samuel P. Robinson,

Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments

There is a certain form of fracture of the proximal end of the metacarpal bone of the thumb which, if not early recognized and properly treated, may lead, not only to deformity, but to marked impairment of function and to partial disability of the hand.I refer to the Bennett fracture.The basis of this paper is an accumulation of 92 cases of all fractures of the thumb metacarpal, from the skiagraph collections of the Massachu- setts General Hospital, the Boston City Hospital, and from the private collection of Dr. PercyBrown.