Type 1: hook
Type 2a: coronal (dorsal oblique and splitting)
Type 2b: transv...
Hook fracture:
Hook of the hamate fracture occurs in athletes who use equipment with a handle (e.g., golf clubs, baseball bats, and racquets) 2.
Athlete grips the handle of the club, ba...
Acute treatment (<2 wk):
Conservative management:
Conservative option for nondisplaced fractures is a short arm cast. The cast should immobilize the metacarpophalangeal joints...
Prognosis of hook fractures is generally good if they are diagnosed and treated (cast, excision, ORIF) early before tendon injury/rupture occurs 2.
Prognosis for hamate body fract...
The treatment option that will allow the quickest return to play with the least amount of residual symptoms is excision of the hook of the hamate.
Routine plain-film radiographs are not...
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