The purpose of this paper is to present a case of the combined volar and radial ligament instability of a thumb metacarpophalangeal joint secondary to trauma. A successful reconstruction of the volar capsule and the radial collateral ligament was achieved using the tendon of the extensor pollicis brevis.
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