title: Combined intraarticular fracture of the body and the hook of hamate: an unusual injury pattern.
abstract: Isolated fractures of the carpal hamate are rare. We describe a case of 28-year-old male patient who sustained a rare pattern of wrist injury: combined intraarticular fracture of the body and the hook of hamate in the non-dominant left hand. The patient was treated with percutaneous pinning of the fracture of hamate body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002 India ; C/o Mr. Sham Khanna, 2/2, Vijay Nagar, Delhi 110009 India.
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002 India.
authors.forename: Arpit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002 India.
authors.forename: Saurav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002 India.
authors.forename: Ashwani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002 India.
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sural
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, 110002 India.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhal
keywords: Body of hamate; Hook of hamate; Percutaneous pinning