Neglected Isolated Lunate Fracture

Lee,  Chang Hun; Bae,  Chan Il; Park,  Sung Bae; Park,  Hyun Soo

doi:2014.19.1.52

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Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2014;19(1):52-56.
Published online March 30, 2014.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12790/jkssh.2014.19.1.52

Neglected Isolated Lunate Fracture

Chang Hun Lee, Chan Il Bae, Sung Bae Park, Hyun Soo Park

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, KEPCO Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. deanzang2@hanmail.net

Received: 1 November 2013 • Revised: 11 March 2014 • Accepted: 24 March 2014

Abstract

Isolate fracture of lunate is very rare. The authors reported a neglected fracture of lunate which was founded incidentally after the dorsal wall fracture of triquetrum. Pain reduction and improvement of range of motion was achieved after excising the dorsal fragment of lunate.

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