Isolated dislocation of the scaphoid.
Isolated dislocation of the carpal scaphoid is an extremely rare injury. The authors report herein a case of a 28-year-old man managed with open reduction and Kirschner wire fixation. The aim of this study is to comprehensively present this unusual injury along with its treatment and to attempt to merge the available experience in the literature in a suggested algorithm that will guide the surgeon confronted with this rare problem to treat it promptly and effectively.
First Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, KAT Accident Hospital, 2 Nikis Str., 14561 Kifissia, Athens, Greece. gchlorosdoc@uk2.net
George D
GD
Chloros
George S
GS
Themistocleous
Nikolaos P
NP
Zagoreos
Dimitrios S
DS
Korres
Dimitrios G
DG
Efstathopoulos
Panayotis N
PN
Soucacos
D000328:Adult; D001864:Bone Wires; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*