ALLMedicine™ Carpal Fractures Center

Oct 6th, 2021 - Practice Essentials A carpal fracture is a fracture of one or more of the carpal bones of the wrist. [1] Because treatment varies depending on the carpal element involved, fractures of the various bones are discussed individually. The accepted ind...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Practice Essentials A carpal fracture is a fracture of one or more of the carpal bones of the wrist.[1] Because treatment varies depending on the carpal element involved, fractures of the various bones are discussed individually. The accepted indi...

Apr 12th, 2021 - Practice Essentials The carpus, or wrist, is a complex joint that provides abduction and adduction in the frontal plane of the upper extremity, extension and flexion for hand movements, and supination and pronation in the coronal plane. In the ear...

Apr 12th, 2021 - Practice Essentials The carpus, or wrist, is a complex joint that provides abduction and adduction in the frontal plane of the upper extremity, extension and flexion for hand movements, and supination and pronation in the coronal plane. In the ear...

Apr 9th, 2021 - Practice Essentials Scaphoid fractures are the most common type of wrist fracture, accounting for 10% of all hand fractures and up to 60-70% of all carpal fractures. [1] They frequently occur after a fall on an outstretched hand. Plain radiographs...

Aug 10th, 2020 - (Reuters Health) - Most scaphoid waist fractures in adults do not need to be repaired surgically, a new study finds. Outcomes from just over 400 patients with scaphoid waist fractures who were randomly assigned to receive either surgery or a plast...

Aug 10th, 2020 - (Reuters Health) - Most scaphoid waist fractures in adults do not need to be repaired surgically, a new study finds. Outcomes from just over 400 patients with scaphoid waist fractures who were randomly assigned to receive either surgery or a plast...

Oct 7th, 2019 - THE CASE A 20-year-old man presented to our family medicine clinic with right wrist pain 4 days after falling on his wrist and hand while playing basketball. He denied any other previous injury or trauma.

Mar 1st, 2018 - THE CASE A 12-year-old girl presented to my office (JH) with bilateral wrist pain. She had fallen on both wrists palmar-flexed and then, while trying to get up, landed on both wrists dorsi-flexed.

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Fractures of the carpus can be debilitating injuries and often lead to chronic pain and dysfunction when not properly treated. Although scaphoid fractures are more common, fractures of the other carpal bones acco...