Atlas of Wrist and Hand Fractures |
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arthritic changes articulation avulsion bone graft capitate carpometacarpal joint carpus closed manipulation closed reduction collateral ligament comminuted deformity diaphysis digits distal carpal row distal phalanx distal radial articular distal radius distal ulna dorsal subluxation epiphyseal epiphyseal growth plate extensor Figures flexion flexor frac fracture subluxation hamate healing hyperextension imal immobilization insertion internal fixation intraarticular fracture Kirschner wire fixation lateral collateral ligaments Lateral roentgenograph shows little finger metacarpal long finger longitudinal lunate ment metacarpal base metacarpal head metaphysis middle phalanx motion MP joint nerve nonunion open reduction palmar perilunate perilunate dislocation phalangeal base PIP joint prox proximal displacement proximal phalanx radial articular surface radial aspect radial styloid process rotational instability scaphoid scaphoid fracture scapholunate dissociation skeletal soft tissue splint subluxation surgery surgical tendon thumb metacarpal tion transscaphoid perilunate fracture transverse trapezium trauma treatment triquetrum ture ulna ulnar aspect ulnar styloid process undisplaced volar aspect volar plate volarly WRIST INJURIES