[Congenital perforation of the triangular fibrocartilage of the wrist]

The authors dissected 136 wrist joints from fetus and infant fresh cadavers. The perforation rates of the triangular fibrocartilage of the wrist in these two groups were found to be 18.8% and 25%, respectively. The authors believe that, besides traumatic, inflammatory and degenerative causes, some perforations are congenital in origin. They are not found to be correlated with either sex or side of wrists (P > 0.05).