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Tomoyuki Sasaki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • an occult fracture of the Trapezoid Bone a case report
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American Volume, 2002
    Co-Authors: Akira Nagumo, Kenji Tsubo, Yasuyuki Ishibashi, Tomoyuki Sasaki
    Abstract:

    Fractures of the Trapezoid are rare. There are only a few isolated case reports in the literature1-5. The fracture may be combined with a fracture of the base of the metacarpal Bone. Occult fractures are common in the scaphoid but are very rare in other carpal Bones6,7. We are not aware of any reports of occult fracture of the Trapezoid. In this report, we describe a patient with such an injury of the right hand. It was treated by excision of the fragment, which resulted in improvement in function and pain relief. The clinical and radiographic courses are described, and the diagnostic problems and the mechanism of injury are discussed. A twenty-one-year-old male baseball player presented to our sports clinic in May 1997 with swelling of the right hand and gradually increasing pain of about one month's duration. The patient had been playing baseball approximately two hours each day. He first noticed slight pain and swelling on the dorsum of the right hand at the end of batting practice. The pain was relieved by rest and was exacerbated by practice. There was no recent history of trauma. Examination revealed …

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Akira Nagumo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • an occult fracture of the Trapezoid Bone a case report
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American Volume, 2002
    Co-Authors: Akira Nagumo, Kenji Tsubo, Yasuyuki Ishibashi, Tomoyuki Sasaki
    Abstract:

    Fractures of the Trapezoid are rare. There are only a few isolated case reports in the literature1-5. The fracture may be combined with a fracture of the base of the metacarpal Bone. Occult fractures are common in the scaphoid but are very rare in other carpal Bones6,7. We are not aware of any reports of occult fracture of the Trapezoid. In this report, we describe a patient with such an injury of the right hand. It was treated by excision of the fragment, which resulted in improvement in function and pain relief. The clinical and radiographic courses are described, and the diagnostic problems and the mechanism of injury are discussed. A twenty-one-year-old male baseball player presented to our sports clinic in May 1997 with swelling of the right hand and gradually increasing pain of about one month's duration. The patient had been playing baseball approximately two hours each day. He first noticed slight pain and swelling on the dorsum of the right hand at the end of batting practice. The pain was relieved by rest and was exacerbated by practice. There was no recent history of trauma. Examination revealed …