Conservative management of fifth metacarpal head fracture in a professional cricketer: A case study and literature review

Pandya, Tej; Dale, Susan; Donnison, Ella; Kluzek, Stefan

Abstract

Diagnosis of fifth metacarpal head fracture with collateral ligament injuries can be difficult. We present a case of a professional cricketer with a fifth metacarpal head fracture. who played a match before pain made the injury obvious. Following immobilization. she returned to baseline within six weeks using non-surgical management.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 24, 2020
• Online Publication Date: May 28, 2020
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2020
• Deposit Date: May 19, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: May 28, 2020
• Journal: Clinical Case Reports
• Electronic ISSN: 2050-0904
• Publisher: Wiley Open Access
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1682-1685
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2960
• Keywords: emergency medicine, orthopedics, sport medicine
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4470224
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ccr3.2960