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...
Main Authors: | Joshua Chong Yew Ong, Brian Meldan Devitt, Micheal Edmund O'Sullivan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/230949901202000222 |
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