| Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools. |
Vibration Disease of the CapitateFrom the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary Correspondence: E. T. R. James, F.R.C.S. Orthopaedic Dept. Bristol Royal Infirmary, BS2 8HW.
There are four previous cases of isolated avascular necrosis of the capitate in the literature. This report describes a fifth, and the first to be associated with vibration. A paint sprayer presented with wrist pain, tenderness over the capitate and radiological changes of avascular necrosis of the capitate. Following mid-carpal arthrodesis, he returned to work. The role of trauma and a pre-existing ligamentous abnormality of the wrist in the aetiology of this condition is discussed.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 9, No. 2,
169-170 (1984) |
||||