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.
Chloros
George D
GD
First Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, KAT Accident Hospital, 2 Nikis Str., 14561 Kifissia, Athens, Greece. gchlorosdoc@uk2.net
Themistocleous
George S
GS
Zagoreos
Nikolaos P
NP
Korres
Dimitrios S
DS
Efstathopoulos
Dimitrios G
DG
Soucacos
Panayotis N
PN
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*