Rolando fracture


Rolando fracture

Orthopedics A 3-part comminuted intraarticular fracture/dislocation at the base of the thumb/1st metacarpal, in which a large dorsal fragment of the metacarpal continues to articulate with trapezium. See Fracture. Cf Bennett fracture.

Ro·lan·do frac·ture

(rō-lahn'dō frak'shŭr) Fracture to the base of the first metacarpal with vertical extension into the joint as a T or Y fracture.

Rolando fracture

A comminuted intra-articular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal with distal fragment subluxation. This fracture is similar to a Bennett fracture, but with more comminution. See also: Rolando, Luigi