Avascular necrosis of the triquetrum: a case report.

Authors :: Por YC
Chew WY
Tsou IY
Source :: Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand [Hand Surg] 2005 Jul; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 91-4.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: A case of total ischemia of the triquetrum after a crushing injury to the right wrist by a dumbbell is reported. He was treated conservatively with splinting and analgesia. There was complete clinical and radiological recovery after a follow-up of one year.

Subjects :: Adult
Hand Strength
Humans
Ischemia diagnosis
Ischemia therapy
Lunate Bone blood supply
Lunate Bone pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neovascularization, Physiologic
Osteonecrosis therapy
Splints
Triquetrum Bone pathology
Osteonecrosis diagnosis
Triquetrum Bone blood supply
Triquetrum Bone injuries

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0218-8104
Volume :: 10
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 16106507
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810405002504