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Kwon, Kim, Jung, and Kong: Treatment of Carpal Bone Fracture-Dislocation using the Small-External Fixator and Internal Fixation
Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1995; 8(1): 228-233.

Published online: 7 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1995.8.1.228

Treatment of Carpal Bone Fracture-Dislocation using the Small-External Fixator and Internal Fixation

Chil-Soo Kwon, Young-Uck Kim, Byung-Hyun Jung, Kyeong-Seog Kong

Department of Orthopaedic surgery, Sang Gye Paik Hopspital, Injje University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

Authors reviewed 3 cases of carpal bone fracture-dislocation treated with samll-external fixator and internal fixation such as K-wires or screws from October 1991 to March 1993 with above 1 year follow up.
The results were as follows;
1. Mean ages were 25 years, all patients were male.
2. The causes of injury were the fall down in 2 cases and the sports injury in 1 case.
3. Cases were a palmar transscaphoid lunate dislocation, a Neglected volar dislocation of lunate, and a doral transscaphoid perilunar dislocation.
4. Advantages are as follows
1) minimize surgical dissection
2) maintenance of reduction is easy
3) ROM: full
4) painless
5) results are excellent
We would like to recomment to use the small-external fixator and limited internal fixation instead of other methods for the treatment of carpal bone fracture-dislocation.

Keywords: Carpal bone fracture-dislocation, Small-extrenal fixation, Internal fixation

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