Kataoka Toshiyuki, Kuriyama Kohji, Yasui Yukihiko
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hoshigaoka Medical Center, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan.
Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2018 Mar;22(1):26-30. doi: 10.1097/BTH.0000000000000184.
Few cases in which open reduction and internal fixation was performed for displaced pisiform fractures have been reported. We present a new surgical technique for the treatment of depressed intra-articular pisiform fractures. First, the depressed fragment was reduced by pushing the bone tamp. Then, the fracture void resulting from the reduction of the depressed fragment was filled with a shaped hydroxyapatite block. Finally, the fragments were sutured using braided polyblend polyethylene sutures. The postoperative radiography could achieve a well-reduced articular facet, and this procedure had a good clinical outcome.