Article Related content Article metrics Rapid responses Response Rapid Response: Re: A patient with a painful and swollen hand Dr Burgess's response puzzles me. He says it is Bennett's fracture. I am senile. But my broken memory tells me that it is NOT Bennett's fracture. Bennett I think gave his name to the fracture of the base of the FIRST metacarpal. Competing interests: No competing interests 21 July 2017 JK Anand Retired doctor Free spirit 3 Wayford Close, Peterborough
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Re: A patient with a painful and swollen hand
Dr Burgess's response puzzles me. He says it is Bennett's fracture. I am senile. But my broken memory tells me that it is NOT Bennett's fracture. Bennett I think gave his name to the fracture of the base of the FIRST metacarpal.
Competing interests: No competing interests