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Pediatric Digital and Metacarpal Injuries

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Pediatric digital and metacarpal injuries require timely assessment of open vs. closed status, neurovascular compromise, intra-articular vs. extra-articular involvement, postreduction stability, associated injuries, displacement, physeal involvement, and nail bed involvement. “Fight bite” injuries and open fractures required escalation of management.

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  1. Egol KA, Joval KJ, Zuckerman JD. Handbook of fractures. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2010.

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Joseph A. Gil MD

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  1. Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Jonathan D. Hodax

  2. Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Adam E. M. Eltorai

  3. Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Alan H. Daniels

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Gil, J.A. (2017). Pediatric Digital and Metacarpal Injuries. In: Hodax, J., Eltorai, A., Daniels, A. (eds) The Orthopedic Consult Survival Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52347-7_13

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