| Literature DB >> 24426686 |
Sumit Arora1, Arpit Goyal2, Saurav Mittal2, Ashwani Singh2, Sumit Sural2, Anil Dhal2.
Abstract
Isolated fractures of the carpal hamate are rare. We describe a case of 28-year-old male patient who sustained a rare pattern of wrist injury: combined intraarticular fracture of the body and the hook of hamate in the non-dominant left hand. The patient was treated with percutaneous pinning of the fracture of hamate body.Entities:
Keywords: Body of hamate; Hook of hamate; Percutaneous pinning
Year: 2012 PMID: 24426686 PMCID: PMC3827647 DOI: 10.1007/s12593-012-0070-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hand Microsurg ISSN: 0974-3227