title: [Radiocarpal dislocation after a trivial injury].
abstract: Radiocarpal dislocation is an extremely uncommon injury in Traumatology, and is usually produced by high energy trauma. There are two types of dislocation, type I: pure radiocarpal dislocation and type II: fracture-dislocation. The gold standard treatment according to the literature is surgical treatment fixing the fractures and repairing the injured ligaments. We report a clinical case of radiocarpal dislocation type I in a healthy 19 year-old male after a minor trauma. The dislocation was reduced by traction, and the wrist immobilized in a plaster cast. The functional outcome 12 months after the injury was excellent.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España. Electronic address: isidro_jimenez@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Jiménez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Caballero-Martel
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ojeda-Castellano
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D014143:Traction; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014955:Wrist Joint; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Dislocation; Luxación; Muñeca; Radiocarpal; Radiocarpiana; Wrist