The influence of sex and trauma impact on the rupture site of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose and hypothesis

Although sex- and gender-specific analyses have been gaining more attention during the last years they have rarely been performed in orthopaedic literature. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether for injuries of the UCL the specific location of the rupture is influenced by sex. A secondary study question addressed the sex-independent effect of trauma intensity on the rupture site of the UCL.

Methods

This study is a retrospective analysis of all patients with either a proximal or distal bony avulsion or with a mid-substance tear or ligament avulsion of the UCL treated surgically between 1992 and 2015 at two level-I trauma centres. Trauma mechanisms leading to the UCL injury were classified into the following categories: (1) blunt t

SUBMITTER: Boesmueller S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524296 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature