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Fractures of the metacarpals and phalanges constitute approximately 10 % of all fractures whilst metacarpal fractures account for 30–40 % of all hand fractures.
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Lasanianos, N.G., Giannoudis, P.V. (2015). Metacarpal Fractures. In: Lasanianos, N., Kanakaris, N., Giannoudis, P. (eds) Trauma and Orthopaedic Classifications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6572-9_29
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