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Palmar Perilunate Dislocations or Fracture-Dislocations

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Palmar perilunate dislocations are very rare injuries constituting about 3% of all perilunate injuries. There is ambiguity in the literature regarding the mechanism of injury. Like their more common dorsal counterpart, palmar perilunate dislocations develop progressively, finally leading to dorsal dislocation of the lunate. They are often manifested as fracture-dislocation injury with the most frequent fracture being that of the scaphoid and the next most common fracture that of the lunate. Like other perilunate injuries, proper diagnosis is likely to be missed. Since these injuries are inherently unstable, open reduction and internal fixation constitutes the treatment of choice.

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Apergis, E. (2013). Palmar Perilunate Dislocations or Fracture-Dislocations. In: Fracture-Dislocations of the Wrist. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5328-1_6

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