Unusual combined scaphoid and lunate fracture of the wrist: a case report.

J Hand Surg Am

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

Published: March 2006

All perilunate fracture-dislocations combine ligament ruptures, bone avulsions, and fractures in a variety of clinical forms. The most frequent is the dorsal trans-scaphoid perilunate dislocation. In rare cases, however, these dislocations also have been associated with capitate fractures, triquetral fractures, or lunate fracture. We report a combined scaphoid and lunate fracture of the wrist that was not associated with perilunate dislocation.

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