Minnaar type 1 symptomatic lunotriquetral coalition: a report of nine patients

Coalition of carpal bones is relatively common. It most frequently involves the lunate and triquetrum. This finding is almost always coincidental and asymptomatic. The fusion also can be incomplete, however, resembling a pseudarthrosis, and these patients can become symptomatic. To the best of our knowledge only 6 patients with a symptomatic Minnaar type 1 lunotriquetral coalition have been described in the literature. We present an additional nine symptomatic patients (12 wrists) with this type of coalition. A lunotriquetral arthrodesis was performed in 5 cases. In 3 cases a proximal row carpectomy was performed.