Hamate fracture
| Hamate fracture | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Fracture through the hook of the hamate | |
 | |
| Specialty | Hand surgery |
| Symptoms | Pain front of wrist in line with little finger[1] |
| Complications | Injury to the ulnar nerve or artery[1] |
| Types | Hook, body[1] |
| Causes | Injury during racket sports, baseball, or golf; fall onto the hand[1][2] |
| Diagnostic method | X-rays, CT scan[1] |
| Treatment | Casting, surgery[1] |
| Frequency | 2% to 5% of wrist fractures[1] |
Hamate fracture is a break of the hamate bone in the wrist. Symptoms include pain in the front of the wrist in line with the little finger.[1] It is made worse by gripping an object.[1] Complications may include injury to the ulnar nerve and clotting of the ulnar artery.[1]
The cause is typically injury during racket sports, baseball, or golf or a fall onto the hand.[1][2] Types include hook (most common) and body (proximal pole, medial tuberosity, sagittal oblique, and dorsal coronal).[1] Diagnosis is typically by X-rays, but may require special views such as a carpal tunnel or supinated oblique view; or a CT scan.[1]
Treatment when the bones of well aligned is generally orthopedic casting for 4 to 6 weeks; though there is a high risk of it not healing.[1] Otherwise surgery is indicated.[1] For hook fractures surgery generally involves removal of the hook.[1] Hamate fractures represent about 2% to 5% of breaks of bones within the wrist.[1][2]
Diagnosis
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Suh, Nina; Ek, Eugene T.; Wolfe, Scott W. (April 2014). "Carpal Fractures". The Journal of Hand Surgery. 39 (4): 785–791. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.10.030.
- 1 2 3 Walls, Ron; Hockberger, Robert; Gausche-Hill, Marianne (9 March 2017). Rosen's Emergency Medicine - Concepts and Clinical Practice E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-323-39016-3. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.