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[Fracture of the lunate--a rare injury]
Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, Plastische Chirurgie : Organ Der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Handchirurgie : Organ Der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Mikrochirurgie Der Peripheren Nerven Und Gefasse : Organ Der V
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
Fractures of the normal lunate--isolated or associated with fractures of the scaphoid or radius--are very rare. In the Traumatological Hospital Meidling/Vienna, 12 patients with acute fractures of the lunate bone were treated between 1983 and 1993. Dependent on the fracture-line and the intraosseous vascularity, partial or total avascular necrosis of the bone occurs in rare cases. In dislocated pole fractures, surgical intervention is indicated.