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What is the treatment of a Avulsion fracture at the base of fifth finger?
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This is a medical procedure. The phlange has to be realigned, the muscle and connective tissue has to be reconnected, the blood vessels have to be stitched back together and the nerves are pretty much on their own. Loss of mobility, sensation and natural appearance is to be expected.
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What term is applied to a common fracture of the fifth metacarpal?
A common fracture of the fifth metacarpal bone of the hand is often referred to as the "Boxer's Fracture." The fifth metacarpal is the bone in the hand that attaches to the pinky finger.
Boxer's fracture is a break of the distal end of the fifth metacarpal What do the rest of us call it?
The knuckle of the little finger
Is your pinky a real finger?
Of course, it is your fifth finger (of fifth phalanx, medically).
What is a fracture of the distal 4th or 5th metacarpal?
A fracture of the distal fourth or fifth metacarpal is a broken bone in the hand, just below the ring finger or pinkie. The broken bone is in the bones that form the back of the hand. "Distal" in this case means located nearer the knuckles than the wrist.
What is the most frequently broken carpal bone?
Fifth metacarpal, boxers fracture it's called , in the foot it's fifth metatarsal and called dancers fracture.
What is a small finger called?
There are various names for the human small finger in medical terminology and common speech, such as: * Fifth digit of the hand * Fifth finger * Little finger * Small finger * Pinky * Pinky finger * Fifth phalange of the hand * Fifth phalanx
Which metacarpal is proximal to the little finger?
The fifth metacarpal articulates proximally with the little finger. The fifth proximal phalanx meets the fifth metacarpal at the knuckle of the pinkie finger.
What is a angulated fracture in fifth toe?
An angulated fracture is one in which the bones, once broken, no longer line up in the straight line they used to assume, and have broken into an angle. The fifth toe is the little toe.
What is the medical term meaning pinkie?
You could call it the fifth finger, fifth digit, or digiti minimi.
How long does it take for a boxers fracture to heal?
It really depends on what metacarpal(s) were broken and how severe the break(s) are. A boxer's fracture is the fracture of the fourth or fifth metacarpal. The 4th is the ring finger and the 5th is the pinky. I recently broke my fifth metacarpal. I will spend 4 weeks in a cast, two more weeks in a brace and then another six weeks of self rehabilitation to everything to get back to normal.
Which wife of Henry VIII had a fifth finger?
Some chroniclers, and historians describe Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, as having a 5th finger.
What is the medical term meaning little finger?
The "pinky" finger is the fifth digit.5th phalange with three parts proximal medial and distal5th DigitThe "pinky" finger is the fifth digit.5th phalange with three parts proximal medial and distal5th Digit
