title: [Fracture of the lunate--a rare injury].
abstract: Fractures of the normal lunate--isolated or associated with fractures of the scaphoid or radius--are very rare. In the Traumatological Hospital Meidling/Vienna, 12 patients with acute fractures of the lunate bone were treated between 1983 and 1993. Dependent on the fracture-line and the intraosseous vascularity, partial or total avascular necrosis of the bone occurs in rare cases. In dislocated pole fractures, surgical intervention is indicated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Die Fraktur des Mondbeines--Eine seltene Verletzung.