Carpal Fractures: Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

scaphoid fractures, triquetral fractures, lunate fractures, pisiform fractures, trapezial fractures, hamate fractures, capitate fractures, wrist fractures, broken wrist

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Author

George J Kouris, MD, Senior Fellow, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center
George J Kouris, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons
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Robert R Schenck, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Rush Medical College; Director, Section of Hand Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center
Robert R Schenck, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for Hand Surgery, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Chicago Medical Society, and Illinois State Medical Society
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Michael S Clarke, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
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Harris Gellman, MD, Consulting Surgeon, Broward Hand Center; Voluntary Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine
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