Clinical: Ski injury
Dx: Complete avulsion of the ulnar collateral ligament at the first metacarpophalangeal joint from the phalangeal attachment. There is approximately 7 mm of proximal retraction of the torn ligament with interposition of the adductor aponeurosis between the retracted ligament and the phalangeal attachment. These findings are consistent with a Stener lesion.
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References:
- Hinke D, Erickson S, Chamoy L, Timins M. AJR: 1994 – vol. 163, pp. 1431-1434.
- Campbell CS. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: February, 1955 – vol. 37B, no. 1, pp. 148-149.