title: Oblique shear fractures of the lunate.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Miss 39216, USA.
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Freeland
authors.forename: Nawaiz
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing