Pineda BA, Bernabé CE, Morales SA

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 22-27
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ABSTRACT

The fracture of the triquetrum is a slightly uncommon pathology in pediatric patients. It is an injury that happens mostly in adults, affecting the anatomy of the wrist, it requires an optimal diagnosis and treatment in order to avoid early arthritis of the wrist joints. A conservative treatment with a short plaster device can be the ideal treatment for this type of injuries; however, these injuries are not diagnosed properly due to the complex anatomy of the carpus and they are treated incorrectly as wrist sprains. With a proper diagnosis and treatment, these injuries tend to evolve satisfactory. Taking into consideration the low incidence of this pathology, in the following article we include the case of a 12 year-old patient with a multi-fragmented fracture of the triquetrum bone, its diagnosis and therapeutic approach, the success obtained through a 1- year follow-up, and a review of the literature.

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