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Case Reports
. 2019 Jul 11:2019:7207856.
doi: 10.1155/2019/7207856. eCollection 2019.

An Unusual Localization of Lunate in a Transcaphoid Volar Lunate Dislocation: Current Concepts

Grigorios Kastanis  1 , George Velivasakis  1 , Anna Pantouvaki  2 , Manolis Spyrantis  1
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An Unusual Localization of Lunate in a Transcaphoid Volar Lunate Dislocation: Current Concepts

Grigorios Kastanis et al. Case Rep Orthop. .

Abstract

Perilunate dislocation and fracture dislocations are rare injuries corresponding to 10% of all carpal injuries. They usually come with high-energy trauma, with associated injuries representing 61%. Volar lunate dislocation or fracture-dislocation accounts for 3% of perilunate injuries. We present a case of a 42-year-old polytrauma male, transmitted to our department 48 hours after a car accident with a trans-scaphoid volar lunate dislocation. During operation, the lunate was displaced volarly to the ulnar side of the wrist, forward to the styloid process of the distal ulna, while the scaphoid fracture appeared at the waist with comminution, and the proximal pole of the scaphoid protruded under the dorsal capsule. Carpal injuries are often missed out in polytrauma patients, and these injuries are underestimated because of the severity of the other visceral or extremity lesions. Untreated or improperly treated, those injuries lead to serious morbidity and loss of function. Therefore, good functional prognosis with decreased percentage of complications can be achieved following early recognition and early open surgical ligamentous complex repair.

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Figure 1
Preoperative X-rays of the left wrist (grey arrow shows the lunate, white arrow shows the scaphoid fracture).
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Figure 2
Preoperative 3D CT/scan of the left wrist showing trans-scaphoid volar dislocation of the lunate (grey arrow shows the dislocation of the lunate and the white arrow the proximal pole of the scaphoid).
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Figure 3
Palmar view of the dislocated lunate (grey arrow).
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Figure 4
Dorsal view proximal pole scaphoid (white arrow).
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Figure 5
Immediate postoperative X-rays of the left wrist showing open reduction and internal fixation with Kirschner wires and external fixation.
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Figure 6
Range of motion at one year.
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Figure 7
X-ray at one year.
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