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Triquetral fracture


1. Parmelee-Peters K:  The wrist: common injuries and management.  Prim Care 2005; 32(1):35-70. 

2. Ruby LK, Cassidy C: Fractures and Dislocations of the Carpus. In Browner (ed): Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003, pp 1285-86.

3. Woolfrey KGH, Eisenhauer MA: Wrist and Forearm. In Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM. (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, 6th ed.  Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2006, p 622.

The authors would like to acknowledge Colleen Hickey, MD, for her contributions to this case.

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