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JOURNAL CME QUESTIONS

urrent

Con

cepts

Carpal Fractures

Which of the following carpals is most frequentlyfractured?

a. Triquetrum

b. Trapezium

c. Capitate

d. Lunate

e. Pisiform

Which of the following triquetral fracture patternsis most frequently encountered?

a. Triquetral body fractures

b. Dorsal cortical avulsion fractures

c. Volar avulsion fractures

d. Comminuted fracture

e. Transtriquetral perilunate fracture dislocation

C

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