Skyline View of the Metacarpal Head in the Assessment of Human Fight-Bite Injuries
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
- Vol. 18 (1), 43-44
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0266-7681(93)90194-k
Abstract
With the fingers extended, the severity of the bony injury from human fight-bite injuries can be underestimated or missed. We describe a “skyline view” of the metacarpal head to highlight the intra-articular damage that can occur.Keywords
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