The floating first metacarpal: A rare case
Bülent Tanrıverdi
, Mehmet Utku Çiftçi
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Health Sciences, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
Keywords: Carpometacarpal dislocation, floating, metacarpal, metacarpophalangeal dislocation.
Abstract
A floating metacarpal is defined as the simultaneous dislocation of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and carpometacarpal (CMC) joints. Metacarpal dislocations are rare, and floating metacarpals with double dislocations are extremely rare. In this article, we present a very rare case of floating metacarpal in which the first MCP and CMC dislocations were found simultaneously and successfully treated with closed reduction, open reduction, and Kirschner wire fixation methods.
Citation: Tanrıverdi B, Çiftçi MU. The floating first metacarpal: A rare case. Jt Dis Relat Surg 2023;34(2):i-vi. doi: 10.52312/ jdrs.2023.922.