title: Hamate hook nonunion treated with a hook plate:  case report and surgical technique.
abstract: Despite of its rarity, hamate hook nonunion can cause several complications like tendon rupture or loss of grip strength. Admitted treatments in the literature are excision of the bone fragment or its open reduction and internal fixation. We report a clinical case of a high-level baseball player with hamate hook nonunion treated with an original technique of fixation using a hook plate.
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery Department, Beneficência Portuguesa de Sao Paulo Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Chihab
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taleb
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murachowsky
authors.forename: Gustavo M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries; D001860:Bone Plates; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery*; D051225:Hamate Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000503:physiopathology