{"title":"Secondary metacarpal fracture after malunion of the little metacarpal.","authors":"Jiangchao Zhang, Ge Xiong, Deshui Yu","doi":"10.1177/17531934251313978","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nineteen patients presenting with a secondary metacarpal fracture after a previously fractured little metacarpal were retrospectively reviewed. The new injury was more likely to be at the original fracture site in patients with shaft fractures than those with neck fractures.<b>Level of evidence:</b> IV.</p>","PeriodicalId":94237,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of hand surgery, European volume","volume":" ","pages":"17531934251313978"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of hand surgery, European volume","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17531934251313978","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Nineteen patients presenting with a secondary metacarpal fracture after a previously fractured little metacarpal were retrospectively reviewed. The new injury was more likely to be at the original fracture site in patients with shaft fractures than those with neck fractures.Level of evidence: IV.