Boxer Fracture: An Unusual Presentation

Obaid Al-Meshal^1, and Doaa Andejani¹

¹Division of Plastic Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City

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Obaid Al-Meshal and Doaa Andejani. Boxer Fracture: An Unusual Presentation. Global Journal of Surgery. 2015; 3(2):24-26. doi: 10.12691/js-3-2-2

Abstract

We describe a very unusual presentation of the so called boxer fracture. We present a young patient who had a marked volar displacement, proximal migration and flipping of his subcapital metacarpal fracture of the little finger that was managed surgically. This case report illustrates this rather rare presentation.

Keywords:
metacarpal bones fracture metacarpal bones surgery boxer’s fracture

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