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ArticleJournal of hand surgery global online2021

Excision of a Rare Triquetral Body Fracture Nonunion.

Michael J Niemann, William C Brooks, Priscilla Cavanaugh, Andrea B Lese, John S Taras

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Article in Journal of hand surgery global online, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael J NiemannDepartment of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
William C BrooksDepartment of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
Priscilla CavanaughDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Andrea B LeseDepartment of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
John S TarasDepartment of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
West Virginia University · USThomas Jefferson University Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aside from the more common dorsal avulsion fractures, isolated triquetral body fractures are a rare injury and often missed. When they are identified, conservative treatment via immobilization is often the standard of care for initial treatment. Rarely, triquetral body fractures can develop into symptomatic nonunions, causing considerable pain and disability. Multiple classification schemes have been described to categorize triquetrum fractures; however, distal triquetrum fractures fit into none of the established models. There is scarce literature describing treatment of triquetral body fracture nonunions. The few reports that exist often use a variation of open reduction internal fixation with or without grafting as treatment. We present the case of an unusual triquetral body fracture nonunion that was successfully treated via surgical excision of the ununited distal fragment.

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CarpalExcisionFractureNonunionTriquetrum

Identifiers

PMID35415537
PMCPMC8991643
OpenAlexW3120726312

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