Abstract

• Perilunar dislocation is not a common injury. When it occurs it is usually dorsal. Only a few isolated cases have been reported of volar perilunar dislocation, in which the capitate is displaced volar to the palmar flexed lunate. Like its more common dorsal counterpart, volar perilunate dislocation usually requires either a concomitant fracture of the scaphoid or scapholunate dissociation. Many authors have been proposed the mechanism of injury, forced hyperflexion, hyperextension with supination of the forearm and violent trauma with extensor tendon rupture. The diagnosis is most easily made on the lateral view. Closed reduction using finger-trap traction should be the initial step in management. Although successful treatment has been reported with a closed reduction alone, open reduction is probably indicated in most cases to align and stabilize the bones. We are reporting on a patient of volar perilunar dislocation without a fracture of the scaphoid or scapholunate dissociation of the right hand associated with extensor tendon rupture.
• Key words: Volar Perilunate Dislocation

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