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2. Reduction (orthopedic surgery) - Wikipedia

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   Reduction can be by "closed" or "open" methods: Closed reduction is the manipulation of the bone fragments without surgical exposure of the fragments. See also: Closed reduction with internal fixation

3. Pisiform bone - Wikipedia

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   The pisiform bone is most recognizable as an unassuming palmar projection forming the heel of human hand. [2]The pisiform bone, along with the hamulus of the hamate, defines the medial boundary of the carpal tunnel [2] because the pisiform body acts as one of the four attachments points of the flexor retinaculum. [3]

4. Open fracture - Wikipedia

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   An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a type of bone fracture (broken bone) that has an open wound in the skin near the fractured bone. The skin wound is usually caused by the bone breaking through the surface of the skin.

5. What is a comminuted open fracture? Doctors explain Tiger ...

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6. Broken finger - Wikipedia

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   Open fractures, in which the skin is broken, also increase the risk of infection and complications, especially if the wound is dirty or parts have to be removed. [1] Open fractures are usually operated on. [1] A Busch fracture is a specific type of finger fracture where the base of a distal phalanx is affected. [5]

7. Bone healing - Wikipedia

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   Bone healing, or fracture healing, is a proliferative physiological process in which the body facilitates the repair of a bone fracture. Generally, bone fracture treatment consists of a doctor reducing (pushing) displaced bones back into place via relocation with or without anaesthetic, stabilizing their position to aid union, and then waiting ...

8. Bennett's fracture - Wikipedia

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   Bennett fracture is a type of partial broken finger involving the base of the thumb, and extends into the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint. [ 1 ] Treatment typically requires surgery.

9. Ulnar collateral ligament injury of the thumb - Wikipedia

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   Gamekeeper's thumb and skier's thumb are two similar conditions, both of which involve insufficiency of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the thumb. The chief difference between these two conditions is that skier's thumb is generally considered to be an acute condition acquired after a fall or similar abduction injury to the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint of the thumb, whereas gamekeeper ...