AOTrauma Course - Hand and Wrist Comprehensive Fracture Management

The majority of hand fractures are un-displaced or minimally displaced. These fractures are stable (do not lose their position spontaneously or with gentle progressive range-of-motion exercises) and require only protection and rehabilitation. A smaller but very important cohort of hand fractures are displaced and unstable, may be irreducible, or both. Hand fractures are analyzed according to the number of fragments, the fracture configuration, displacement,clinical and radiographic deformity, stability, and function, as well as individual patient considerations.