Template:Thumb fracture classification
Thumb fracture classification
- Type I (Bennett's fracture)
- Fracture-dislocation of the base of the metacarpal (intraarticular)
- Most common type of thumb fracture; nearly always accompanied by some subluxation or dislocation of CMC
- Type II (Rolando's fracture)
- Comminuted version of a Bennett's fracture (intraarticular)
- Type III
- Extraarticular (transverse or oblique)
- Type IV
- Extraarticular pediatric fracture involving the proximal physis
