Olivia Boeddrich, Anna Lena Sander, Thomas Lustenberger, Ingo Marzi, Johannes Frank, Maika Voth, Katharina Sommer
Because of their low incidence, studies about carpal fractures are rare. The aim of the present study was to analyze epidemiology and treatment of fractured carpal bones. We retrospectively analyzed data of 178 patients admitted to our emergency room with carpal fractures over 6 years. More males than woman were injured. In 91%, a CT scan was performed. The most commonly affected bone was the triquetrum followed by the scaphoid. Almost all triquetral fractures were treated conservatively as opposed to perilunate dislocations that were all operated on...
January 17, 2023: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery: Official Publication of the European Trauma Society