{"title":"A Surgical Approach to a Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury without Dividing the Adductor Aponeurosis.","authors":"Yannick Goubau, Romy Balcaen, Wim Vanhove","doi":"10.1142/S242483552471005X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ) of the thumb is a common injury, widely referred to as a skier's thumb. The rupture usually occurs at the distal insertion. In the classical technique, the adductor aponeurosis is divided to access the torn UCL and the MCPJ and repaired after ligament repair/reinsertion. We describe a surgical approach to the UCL that does not require division of the adductor aponeurosis. <b>Level of Evidence:</b> Level V (Therapeutic).</p>","PeriodicalId":51689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Surgery-Asian-Pacific Volume","volume":" ","pages":"477-480"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Hand Surgery-Asian-Pacific Volume","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S242483552471005X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/8/30 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SURGERY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ) of the thumb is a common injury, widely referred to as a skier's thumb. The rupture usually occurs at the distal insertion. In the classical technique, the adductor aponeurosis is divided to access the torn UCL and the MCPJ and repaired after ligament repair/reinsertion. We describe a surgical approach to the UCL that does not require division of the adductor aponeurosis. Level of Evidence: Level V (Therapeutic).