title: Pancarpal dissociation with palmar Capitate fracture-dislocation: Case report.
abstract: Capitate fractures are rare and dislocations are even more uncommon. To our knowledge, there has been no report of a Capitate fracture with complete dislocation in the literature. Here, we present the first case of a Capitate fracture-dislocation, sustained after a motorcycle accident.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5001 El Paso Drive, 79905 El Paso, TX, United States. Electronic address: michael.ting@ttuhs.edu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ting
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5001 El Paso Drive, 79905 El Paso, TX, United States.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kusnezov
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5001 El Paso Drive, 79905 El Paso, TX, United States.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5001 El Paso Drive, 79905 El Paso, TX, United States.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5001 El Paso Drive, 79905 El Paso, TX, United States.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirela-Cruz
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D051224:Capitate Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles
keywords: Capitate; Carpal fracture-dislocation; Pancarpal dissociation; Wrist fusion