BACKGROUND Closed rupture of the little and ring finger flexor tendons caused by the hamate is mostly associated with a fracture or nonunion of the hamate hook.Only one case of a closed rupture of the finger flexor te...
Concomitant fractures of the hook of hamate and scaphoid are rare injuries to the wrist. Whenever these fractures cannot be effectively managed, nonunion or osteonecrosis is encountered. Subsequent treatment is thus m...
Background:The angiography with micro-computed tomography(micro-CT)has been proved its great advantages on investigating the intra-osseous vascularity of carpal bones.But few researches have focused on the intra-hamat...
Introduction: Hamate dislocation is an uncommon injury, and there are only 17 reported cases in the literature. Ten of them are isolated injuries, and in 7 cases the hamate dislocation is a part of other injuries of t...
Scaphoid dislocation is a rare injury. Traditionally it has been classified into isolated dislocation and dislocation associated with axial carpal disruption. We present a unique case of scaphoid dislocation associate...
supported by a grant from the Beijing Senior Health Care Elite Training Project(No.2009-3-17)
To explore the clinical classification of hamate hook fracture and the treatment strategy for different type of fractures,12 patients who suffered from hamate hook fractures were followed up retrospectively.According ...