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Penetrating injury of the right hand. X-ray scan and TC showed hamate bone comminute fracture and dislocation in the subcutaneous plane. After the first procedure in which debridement and nervous and tendinous reconstruction was performed, a plaster cast was applied
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Complete reconstruction of the hamate bone has been reported in the literature mostly following cancer excision or avascular necrosis. For the exiguity of the tissue deficit, bone grafting has usually been used as treatment option for its rapidity and easiness to perform, even if a variable amount of bone resorption may occur. In traumatic cases, m...
