Injuries of the carpometacarpal joints of the long fingers are infrequent and go often unnoticed if a thorough clinical exploration and complete radiological assessment is not carried out. The overall frequency of carpometacarpal joints injuries is of 1-2% among trauma of the wrist and the carpus. These are normally secondary to high energy trauma (such as a car or a motorbike accidents). Among...

The method of arthrodesis of the wrist here described was originally evolved by Mr E. P. Brockman in a case of severe flexion deformity of the wrist due to a long-standing Volkmann’s ischaemic contracture. Subsequently the method was extended in its application to other cases of flexion deformity of the wrist and later was also used for arthrodesis of the wrist in cases without deformity. Spike...

Scaphoid stress fractures are rare and can be a cause of wrist pain in sportspersons. All the cases reported in the literature have been sportspersons. Missing a scaphoid stress fracture could lead to non-union of the scaphoid and early degenerative arthritis of the radio-carpal joint. This can cause chronic wrist pain and can reduce the career span of a sportsperson. We report a case of non un...

A randomised, prospective study was carried out on 60 patients with unstable fractures of the distal radius to compare bridging with non-bridging external fixation using pins placed in the distal fragment of the radius. The radiological results showed significant improvement in the non-bridging group at all stages of review. In particular, normal volar tilt and carpal alignment were regained an...

The medical records of three cats that were presented with severe carpal injury requiring radiocarpal arthrodesis were reviewed. Medial plating using the Compact 2.0 LOCK™ system was performed in all three cases. Although screw positioning may be difficult because of the large distance between the holes of the plate and the relatively large size of screws, plate loosening or metacarpal fracture...

As per literature the immediate and late carpal tunnel syndrome in colles fracture and other wrist injuries is known but tardy carpal tunnel syndrome in fracture Scaphoid is rare. I am presenting a case of tardy carpal tunnel syndrome in patient with non-union fracture scaphoid with 40 years old injury.

Carpal fractures in children are rare, especially with a combination of scaphoid, capitate, and triquetrum fractures. We report one such case in a 10-year-old boy who was successfully treated with Kirschner wires.

Recent work comparing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) to Workers' Compensation (WC) claims databases concludes that the SOII substantially undercounts cases. We use linked WC-SOII data from Wisconsin to describe which cases are more likely to be accurately captured in the SOII. The SOII capture rate is higher for relatively acute injuries suc...

dislocations are common wrist injuries. Perilunate injuries, as described by Mayfield,1 are most common and perhaps best understood. Disruption of the carpal ligaments or fractures of the carpal bones can occur in almost any combination. The injury occurs as a result of extreme hyperextension, ulnar deviation, and internal carpal supination. As the deforming force increases, the ligaments and b...

Scaphoid fractures are the most common fractures of the carpal bones, corresponding to 60%. Of these, 10% progress to nonunion; moreover, 3% can present necrosis of the proximal pole. There are various methods of treatment using vascularized and non-vascularized bone grafts. To evaluate and compare the rate of scaphoid consolidation with necrosis of the proximal pole using different surgical te...