Fracture of the lunate--a rare injury
Höcker, K.; Renner, J.
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse Organ der V. 27(5): 247-253
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0722-1819 PMID: 7498839 Document Number: 450814
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.