Abstract:A 16-year-old, right-handed male sustained an isolated closed injury to the left wrist after falling from a one storey building rooftop there was no neurovascular impairment, with preservation of the sensory function of the median nerve. Wrist motion was compromised and a 3 x 3 x 2 cm palpable mass on the mid-portion of the volar forearm was evident. Posteroanterior and lateral x-ray revealed a volar transscaphoid peri-lunate fracture-dislocation migrated into the forearm. The whole lunate and the proximal pol… Show more
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