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Creating Rigidly Stabilized Fractures for Assessing Intramembranous Ossification, Distraction Osteogenesis, or Healing of Critical Sized Defects
Published on: April 11, 2012
Gradual distraction using an external fixator followed by open reduction in the treatment of chronic lunate
C P Charalambous1, S P Mills, M J Hayton
1Orthopaedic Department, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, FY3 8NR, UK. bcharalambos@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Chronic lunate dislocation is a difficult problem to deal with. We describe a surgical technique whereby gradual wrist distraction is applied using an external fixator followed by open repositioning of the lunate. We have successfully used this technique in a rugby player with an undiagnosed chronic lunate dislocation. Our case was able to return to competitive rugby playing.

