title: Concurrent palmar lunate dislocation and posterior elbow dislocation: a case report.
abstract: We report a rare case of concurrent palmar lunate dislocation of the left wrist combined with a posterior dislocation of the left elbow joint in a 40-year-old man. He sustained both injuries after falling onto his outstretched left hand. The elbow was reduced by the closed method. The wrist was treated with open reduction with carpal tunnel decompression and fixation with a Kirschner wire through the volar approach. Both the scapholunate and radioscaphocapitate ligaments were also repaired. At month 3, the patient had no pain in his elbow and minimal pain in his wrist on heavy lifting and had resumed his work as a porter.
authors.affiliation: Luton and Dunstable hospital NHS Trust, Luton, Bedforshire, United Kingdom. drmadhavan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Madhavan Chikkapapanna
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Papanna
authors.forename: Nawfal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Hadithy
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001864:Bone Wires; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000092464:Elbow Injuries