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Pre-operative progressive distraction in old transcapho-peri-lunate dislocations
H P Sousa1, H Fernandes, J C Botelheiro
1Centro Hospitalar do Funchal, Madeira Island, Parede, Portugal.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Three cases of 6- to 8-week-old transcapho-peri-lunate dislocation of the carpus were treated with pre-operative progressive distraction, using an external fixation apparatus for 1 week. Surgical reduction and osteosynthesis of the scaphoid was then easily performed.