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The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two different intramedullary fixation technique in patient diagnosed with deplased fifth metacarpal neck fracture. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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In this study, patients admitted to the emergency department with displaced fifth metacarpal neck fracture will be included. Exclusion criteria will include patients with other concomitant trauma, open fractures, fractures with intraarticular joint extension, and previous hand surgery in which the hand anatomy was distorted. Patients between the ages of 18 and 60 who have more than 30 degrees of angulation from the 30 degree hand pronation radiograph at admission and who consent to surgery will be included in the study. One of the two groups in the study will undergo closed reduction followed by percutaneous intramedullary retrograde screw fixation, while the other group will undergo intramedullary antegrade elastic nail application. Patients will be followed up with ulnar gutter splint for the first week postoperatively. After the first week, the splint will be removed and range of motion, gripping and pinching exercises will be given to the patients.
Radiological examinations (dorsal angulation and metacarpal shortening will be measured) will be performed in the first week, first and third months postoperatively. Hand grip strength will be measured with Cambry dynamometer at the first and third month. At the 3rd month, upper extremity functionality will be evaluated with Quick DASH score and a comparison will be made between the two groups.
Randomisation will be performed with an internet-based application. Clinical ethics committee approval was obtained before the study started.
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Ahmet Muçteba AM Yıldırım, Fellow
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