Lunate and perilunate dislocations are uncommon, but they have clinical importance because complications, such as median neuropathy and avascular necrosis of the lunate, can occur. Although early diagnosis enabling early surgical treatment is crucial for preventing long-term sequelae, these dislocations are frequently missed in the initial assessment. Imaging tools, such as plain radiography, m...

SUMMARY Congenital carpal coalitions are rare conditions that arise from a failure or an incomplete cavitation of a common cartilaginous precursor of the carpal bones between the fourth and eighth week of intrauterine life. The incidence of coalitions has been estimated to occur in about 0.1% of the population and up to 1.6% in people of African descent. This study reports a case of trans-scaph...

DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2011.01.001 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, F. Bourguiba University Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia (Hamdi MF) Corresponding author: Tel: 216-99-831-236 / 216-984 08 -3 86 , Fax: 21 6-73 -4 6 0-67 8, E m ai l: h am di. [email protected] 【Abstract】Volar perilunate fracture dislocation is an extremely rare carpal injury, but associated with metaca...

An Extremely rare case of periscaphoid and perilunate dislocation of the wrist is reported. The reported case is a young man with trauma following a motor cycle falling down. At first referral closed reduction and six weeks of long arm cast had been performed. The patient reffered to our hospital because of painful and limited range of motion. He underwent open reduction and internal fixatio...