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Isolated dorsal approach for the treatment of neglected volar metacarpophalangeal joint dislocations
Hakan Başar, Mustafa Erkan İnanmaz, Kamil Çağrı Köse, Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey
Cihangir Tetik, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey
Author contributions: Başar H and Tetik C designed the report; İnanmaz ME and Tetik C were attending doctors for the patients; Başar H performed surgical operation; İnanmaz ME was performed image diagnosis; Başar H organized the report; and Başar H and Köse KÇ wrote paper.
Correspondence to: Hakan Başar, MD, Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, No. 156/25 Serdivan, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey. hbasar80@hotmail.com
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Received: September 2, 2013
Revised: October 29, 2013
Accepted: November 15, 2013
Published online: January 18, 2014
Revised: October 29, 2013
Accepted: November 15, 2013
Published online: January 18, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Irreducible complex metacarpophalangeal (MP) dislocations are rare. Volar MP dislocations are very rare. There are no data in the literature reporting volar MP dislocations. We also observed neglected volar MP dislocations in our study. A dorsal or volar approach can be applied toward the surgical treatment of MP joint dislocations. In this study, we observed that isolated dorsal open reduction and K wire fixation results in a successful functional outcome in neglected volar MP dislocations. Volar exposure was not necessary for reduction and stabilization.