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Ulnar Styloid Fracture (Subscribe)

Fracture of the Ulnar Styloid
[OCOSH Code: D014458 281530009 S52.6 WI_FR_UL_ST]

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Greater arc injury of the wrist with fractured lunate bone

Location: http://www.josonline.org/pdf/v13i3p310.pdf

$Greater arc injury of the wrist with fractured lunate bone$ Carpal dislocation and fracture dislocation are uncommon and difficult to treat. Early diagnosis and treatment of such injuries are necessary to prevent progressive carpal instability and traumatic arthritis. Perilunate fracture dislocation is a combination of ligamentous and osseous injuries that involve the ‘greater arc’ of the perilunate. Despite being severe, these injuries often go unrecognised in the...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Radius Fractures: Distal Radius Fractures: Radial Styloid Fracture
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Wrist Fractures: Carpal Bone Fractures
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Wrist Fractures: Ulnar Styloid Fracture

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