Author	Saffar, Philippe. author
Title	Carpal injuries [electronic resource] : Anatomy, radiology, current treatment / by Philippe Saffar
Imprint	Paris : Springer Paris : Imprint: Springer, 1990
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0777-5
Descript	VI, 199 p. 464 illus. online resource

Classification of the carpal injuries helps us to understand the relationship between them. The growing interest in this field has been advanced by recent imaging techniques. Therapeutic advice and treatment are still not completely defined, even by the most renowned specialists. There is still room for new concepts

General aspects -- Anatomy and biomechanics of the normal wrist -- Clinical examination of the wrist -- Investigations -- Common lesions -- Carpal dislocations -- Carpal instability -- Fracture of the scaphoid -- Pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid -- The adaptive carpus -- Rare syndroms -- Dislocations -- Fractures -- Crush injuries -- References