Mazur K, Stevanovic M, Schnall S B, Hannani K, Zionts L E
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, USA.
J Orthop Trauma. 1997 Apr;11(3):230-2. doi: 10.1097/00005131-199704000-00017.
A case is presented of scaphocapitate fracture syndrome associated with a Salter-Harris type II fracture of the distal radius and ulna occurring in an 11-year-old girl. The proximal fragment of the fractured capitate was rotated 180 degrees. The injury was treated by open reduction and internal fixation. One year after the injury, radiographs showed that fractures were united with no signs of avascular necrosis of the capitate. The patient had a full range of motion of the wrist, as well as full pronation and supination of the forearm. An awareness of this fracture entity is necessary to correctly diagnose this injury in a child.
