All further reading on carpal bone injury management

This page comprises details on clinical and radiological examination.

This page describes the Herbert and Hirano classification.

This page describes the progression of ligamentous damage and the sequence of injuries that can occur in a perilunate dislocation.

Compartment syndrome is a true surgical emergency. Failure to diagnose it and to institute urgent treatment by decompression usually results in major limb disability.

This page provides details on diagnosis and treatment of a compartment syndrome in the hand.

This page comprises details on four phases of healing: inflammatory phase, early repair phase, late repair phase and early tissue remodeling phase, remodeling and reintegration phase.

Complications in carpal injury management include infection, nonunion, malunion, and malalignment.

This page about infection comprises general considerations and details on:

• Diagnosis
• Classification
• Treatment

List of references relevant to the management of carpal injuries