Radial collateral ligament (RCL)Skier’s thumbThumb metacarpophalangeal joint injuries (MCP)Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL)Thumb metacarpophalangeal collateral ligament injuries are common in athletes and occur
This will determine the need to reconstruct the UCL and/or the RCL. Complications There were no complications related to the kite flap, to the opposition transfer, or the MCP joint stabilization. The K-wire did not cause any adverse effects and could be easily removed by cutting it in the...
When you have a sprained thumb, it will be because of a torn UCL most of the time. The UCL is divided into two sections: the accessory collateral ligament (ACL) and the proper collateral ligament (PCL). These two parts work together to keep your thumb base stable. You also have a rad...
Performance statistics, ligament injuries (UCL or RCL), return to sport (RTS) time, laterality, and injury dates were recorded. Cases were matched 1:1 with controls based on age (±1 year), body mass index (BMI), NBA experience (±1 year), ...
Conclusions: Our anatomical reconstruction is simple and restores UCL and RCL anatomy as compared with current techniques in the literature by placing the origin and insertion at their anatomical points with use of an interference screw. Using these anatomical origins and insertions, we were able to...
The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and radial collateral ligament (RCL) injuries of the thumb occur through different mechanisms and are described in separate sections given the differences in anatomy.Urruela, Adriana M.Hospital for Special SurgeryCarlson, Michelle G....
Hand and finger injuries from baseball and Softball comprised 2.2% of emergency department visits in one epidemiologic study.12 The thumb metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and radial collateral ligament (RCL) are prone to injury under radial and ulnar stress, ...
The reasons for variation in the reported incidence rates between thumb metacarpophalangeal joint radial collateral ligament (RCL) and ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries are unclear. Delay in diagnosis of injury to the RCL leads to greater time of patient disability. The purpose of this ...
The UCL/RCL was resected and reconstructed with either an MCL or hemi-FCR. Cyclic loading was repeated, followed by angular load to failure. Results Uniaxial testing of MCL allografts demonstrated greater ultimate stress, ultimate load, and elastic modulus than hemi-FCR grafts and native UCLs/...
We used a 1.9 mm arthroscope with only two 2 mm-long portals - one optical portal (dorsolateral for UCL injuries, dorsomedial for RCL injuries) and one instrumental portal near of the collateral ligament rupture. Through this instrumental portal, we were able to reduce the Stener lesion and ...