Dorsal Triquetrum Fracture

Richard B. Westrick, Angela R. Diebal, J. Parry Gerber

DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2012.0407

The patient was a 39-year-old man who self-referred to a physical therapist with a chief complaint of right wrist pain after falling backward onto an outstretched right hand the previous day. Based on the suspicion of a fracture, right wrist radiographs (posterior-toanterior, lateral, and oblique views) were completed, which revealed a comminuted dorsal triquetrum fracture. The patient was referred to an orthopaedic surgeon who recommended nonoperative management.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2012;42(4):380. doi:10.2519/jospt.2012.0407

KEY WORDS: radiography, wrist

The patient was a 39-year-old man who self-referred to a physical therapist with a chief complaint of right wrist pain after falling backward onto an outstretched right hand the previous day.

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