| Rolando fracture | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Complete break at base of thumb | |
| Specialty | Hand surgery |
The Rolando fracture is a type of broken finger involving the base of the thumb.[1]
It is an intra-articular fracture.[2]
It was first described in 1910 by Silvio Rolando.[3] It is typically T- or Y-shaped.[4]
- ^ White, Timothy O.; Mackenzie, Samuel P.; Gray, Alasdair J. (2016). "13. Hand". McRae's Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management (3rd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 275–277. ISBN 978-0-7020-5728-1.
- ^ "Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics".
- ^ Rolando S. Fracture de la base du premier metacarpien et principalement sur une variete` non encore e`crite. Presse Med 1910;33:303–4 [in French].
- ^ Feletti, Francesco; Varacallo, Matthew (2022). "Rolando Fractures". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. PMID 31194364.