Abstract

LARA ESPINOSA, José Ramón  and  GONZALEZ CARRILLO, Odalys Basilia. Unusual case of carpometacarpial fusion of congenital origin. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 2007, vol.21, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3100.

This paper presented a patient who went to the Emergency Orthopedic Service for a trauma in his right hand that occurred while he was working in farming. The diagnosis was total unilateral synostosis of the carpus fused with the second and third metacarpals. The diagnosis was made by chance. A scientific literature review was made but no other similar case was found.

Keywords : synostosis; congenital anomalies; wrist trauma.

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