Bennetts fracture
Complete list of fracture information
A Bennetts fracture refers to a fracture of the base of the thumb metacarpal, which is
the bone in the main part of your hand at the base of the thumb. Because the fracture
enters the joint between this bone and a wrist bone, it needs to be perfectly reduced and
held; sometimes a good well fitting plaster of paris is enough, but usually a pin has to
be used to skewer the bones to hold them together until they heal.
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