Repair of acute ulnar collateral ligament injuries of the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint with an intraosseous suture anchor

Return to Football and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes After Thumb Ulnar Collateral Ligament Suture Anchor Repair in Collegiate Athletes

“…4 Suture anchor repair of complete thumb UCL ruptures has recently gained popularity over other techniques because cadaveric studies have demonstrated equivalent or improved strength and clinical studies have demonstrated fewer complications and excellent outcomes. 3,11,18,20,25,33,34 Our management protocol allowed a different pathway for skill position and noneskill position players. Skill position players had surgery earlier after injury and returned to play later than noneskill position players with no major differences in the level of play at return or clinical outcomes as determined by the QuickDASH.…”

Index Radial Collateral Ligament Repair with Titanium Mini-Suture Anchor: Osteolysis Complication of an Underreported Injury

“…In spite No discernable endpoint to ulnarly applied stress This grading system has been published in the text of Gatson et al [4] a Laxity was measured by testing the involved index finger in full flexion with ulnar directed stress and comparing it to the contralateral digit of this result, we continue to advocate the need for an early diagnosis and treatment to allow for a better outcome [10]. The RCL rupture was repaired with a Mitek bone suture anchor, which has been used in previous cases of repair of the collateral ligaments [10,17,18,21,24,29,37]. This anchor is a titanium alloy with its prongs composed of titanium and nickel [16].…”

Thumb collateral ligament injuries in the athlete

“…Many techniques have been described for repair of acute UCL tears, including pullout sutures over bone tunnels [10,28,35,36], suture buttons [10,36], suture anchors [37][38][39][40], interference docking screws [41], condylar shaving with suture anchors [42], and arthroscopic repair [43]. Katolik et al [35] compared two groups of 30 patients treated with bone tunnels with pullout sutures and suture anchors.…”