Wrist Trauma
A 35-year-old motorcyclist sustains a direct blow to the radial aspect of his wrist in a collision. He presents with radial-sided wrist pain, swelling, and tenderness over the radial styloid. Radiographs reveal an oblique fracture of the radial styloid with a 12mm fragment that is displaced 3mm and involves the radiocarpal joint. PA wrist radiograph shows a scapholunate interval of 4mm (normal less than 2mm). MRI confirms disruption of the scapholunate interosseous ligament (SLIL). Regarding this injury pattern:
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Chauffeur's fractures derive their historical name from injuries sustained by early automobile opera...
There is a high association (30-50%) between radial styloid fractures and scapholunate ligament inju...
Surgical fixation is indicated for radial styloid fragments greater than 5mm, articular step-off gre...
Radial styloid fractures are part of the "lesser arc" injury pattern in the spectrum of perilunate i...
Fixation is preferably achieved with headless compression screws to avoid hardware prominence and fa...
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