title: Displaced fracture of the lunate in a child.
abstract: This is a report of an additional case of transverse fracture of the lunate with marked displacement, requiring open reduction and osteosynthesis. The lunate became necrotic with all features of Kienböck's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabry
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stoffelen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Broos
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D002648:Child; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture