Rolando Fracture: Workup

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Further Reading

Clinical guidelines and trials:

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute hand and wrist trauma. American College of Radiology.  1998 (revised 2005).  8 pages. [NGC Update Pending] NGC:004607

CMC (Carpometacarpal) OA (Osteoarthritis) Thumb Splint Study

Prolotherapy Versus Steroids for Thumb Carpo-Metacarpal Joint Arthritis

Keywords

Rolando fracture, Rolando's fracture, comminuted thumb, metacarpal base fractures, fractures of the thumb base, thumb injury, broken thumb, thumb fracture, juxta-articular metaphyseal fracture, Bennett fracture

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John J Walsh IV, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
John J Walsh IV, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and Christian Medical & Dental Society
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A Lee Osterman, MD, Director of Hand Surgery Fellowship, Director, Philadelphia Hand Center; Director, Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Hand Surgery, University Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University
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Harris Gellman, MD, Consulting Surgeon, Broward Hand Center; Voluntary Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine
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