Volar Translunate Perilunate Dislocation: Case Report and Analysis of Review of Literature

Abstract

Volar translunate perilunate dislocations are the rarest form of perilunate dislocations with only a handful of cases reported till now. The injury mechanism is not uniform, and the pattern of injury does not follow traditional classifications. We report a case of volar translunate perilunate dislocation with a review of literature of very few previous reported cases of these rare injuries.

Keywords

volar - translunate - perilunate dislocation - greater arc - lesser arc

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