Relative Metacarpal Shortening as a Radiographic Measure of Fourth and Fifth Carpometacarpal Fracture Dislocation.

PURPOSE: Fourth and fifth carpometacarpal fracture dislocations may be missed on plain x-ray. The purpose of this study was to describe a radiographic measurement, the relative metacarpal shortening (RMS), to evaluate for fourth and fifth carpometaca…

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