title: Scapho-lunate dissociation occurring with scaphoid fracture.
abstract: In the most widely accepted model of injuries to the carpus, scaphoid fracture and scapho-lunate dissociation are held to be mutually exclusive. Four cases in which they occurred together are reported, and the likely mechanism proposed.
authors.affiliation: Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool.
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Braithwaite
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*