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Implantology of Metacarpal Fractures

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The most common fractures of the upper limb are those of the phalanges and the metacarpals. These fractures usually involve the younger population and result from road traffic accidents, sports injuries and industrial injuries. Fixation techniques for fractures of the hand have advanced since their promotion in the 1920s. Although a higher proportion of fractures are fixed due to an increased availability of resources and implants, Swanson (1970) quoted, “Hand fractures can be complicated by deformity from no treatment, stiffness from over-treatment, and both deformity and stiffness from poor treatment”. This chapter gives an overview of the implants used in the management of fractures of phalanges and metacarpals and the principles behind its fixation methods.

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  1. Department of Upper Limb, Hand and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery, Sahyadri Hospitals, Jehangir Hospital, Sancheti Institute for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, India

    Balaji Dhandapani & Abhijeet L. Wahegaonkar

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  1. Balaji Dhandapani
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  1. NH Narayana Superspeciality and Multispeciality Hospitals, Howrah, West Bengal, India

    Arindam Banerjee

  2. Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Peter Biberthaler

  3. Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

    Saseendar Shanmugasundaram

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata, India

    Ravi Ganesh Bharadwaj

  2. Sri Dhaatri Orthopaedic, Maternity & Gynaecology Center, Vijayawada, India

    Srinivas B. S. Kambhampati

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Dhandapani, B., Wahegaonkar, A.L. (2023). Implantology of Metacarpal Fractures. In: Banerjee, A., Biberthaler, P., Shanmugasundaram, S. (eds) Handbook of Orthopaedic Trauma Implantology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7540-0_75

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