Impaction-Fracture of the Capitate and Lunate: A Case Report
We report a 15-year-old girl who underwent a mid-carpal fusion for undiagnosed impaction-fractures of the capitate, lunate, and triquetrum after a fall on her outstretched left hand in a dorsiflexed and radially deviated position. The joint was dis-impacted, and the height of the lunate was restored...
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| author | Joshua Chong Yew Ong Brian Meldan Devitt Micheal Edmund O'Sullivan |
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| description | We report a 15-year-old girl who underwent a mid-carpal fusion for undiagnosed impaction-fractures of the capitate, lunate, and triquetrum after a fall on her outstretched left hand in a dorsiflexed and radially deviated position. The joint was dis-impacted, and the height of the lunate was restored using a cortical bone graft. The damaged proximal capitate articular surface was decorticated to facilitate fusion, as was the lunotriquetral articulation. Kirschner wires were inserted along the coronal plane. At the one-year follow-up, the patient had achieved a satisfactory range of motion and fusion of the capitate-lunate-triquetral articulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e188b5562fd84b088b6ca5d4c25ccb3a2022-12-21T19:00:47ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Orthopaedic Surgery2309-49902012-08-012010.1177/230949901202000222Impaction-Fracture of the Capitate and Lunate: A Case ReportJoshua Chong Yew OngBrian Meldan DevittMicheal Edmund O'SullivanWe report a 15-year-old girl who underwent a mid-carpal fusion for undiagnosed impaction-fractures of the capitate, lunate, and triquetrum after a fall on her outstretched left hand in a dorsiflexed and radially deviated position. The joint was dis-impacted, and the height of the lunate was restored using a cortical bone graft. The damaged proximal capitate articular surface was decorticated to facilitate fusion, as was the lunotriquetral articulation. Kirschner wires were inserted along the coronal plane. At the one-year follow-up, the patient had achieved a satisfactory range of motion and fusion of the capitate-lunate-triquetral articulations.https://doi.org/10.1177/230949901202000222 |
| spellingShingle | Joshua Chong Yew Ong Brian Meldan Devitt Micheal Edmund O'Sullivan Impaction-Fracture of the Capitate and Lunate: A Case Report Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| title | Impaction-Fracture of the Capitate and Lunate: A Case Report |
| title_full | Impaction-Fracture of the Capitate and Lunate: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Impaction-Fracture of the Capitate and Lunate: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impaction-Fracture of the Capitate and Lunate: A Case Report |
| title_short | Impaction-Fracture of the Capitate and Lunate: A Case Report |
| title_sort | impaction fracture of the capitate and lunate a case report |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/230949901202000222 |
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