Oblique shear fractures of the lunate.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Traumatic fractures of the lunate are rare. This article presents two patients who had displaced oblique lunate fractures and distal radius fractures. Both fractures achieved union; however, transient avascular necrosis occurred in the proximal healing of one patient.
Medical subject headings
- Fractures, Bone
- Lunate Bone
- Radius Fractures
Anatomy
- radius