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September 18, 2025JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH

Surgical Management of Neglected Lunate Injuries: A Series of Three Cases on Proximal Row Carpectomy

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SRSufian RajaVBVijay Anand BalasubramanianSKS. Karthikeyan

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Overview

Case series demonstrates pain relief and functional restoration in patients with chronic lunate injuries, indicating proximal row carpectomy as an effective intervention.

Key Points

  • Proximal row carpectomy resulted in significant pain relief with Visual Analog Score improving from 8 to approximately 2.5.
  • Functional wrist motion was preserved at 50-60% of the contralateral side across three cases with varying chronic lunate injuries.
  • Surgical intervention involved excision of the scaphoid, lunate, and triquetrum, emphasizing the role of technical precision in outcomes.
  • Despite delays in intervention, proximal row carpectomy produced favorable outcomes as long as severe radiocapitate arthritis was absent.

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Raja et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d462c131b076d99fa61d74https://doi.org/10.7860/jcdr/2025/79334.21619
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  1. 1Acutely Performed Proximal Row Carpectomy for Perilunate and Lunate Dislocations: Case Series and Review of Literature2025
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  3. 3Open Reduction and Transosseous Plasty of the Dorsal Scapholunate Ligament in a Patient with Mayfield type IV Chronic Lunate Dislocation, Case Report, Literature Review and Description of Surgical Technique2024
  4. 4Modification of proximal row carpectomy (PRC) technique for adaptive wrist collapse (pilot study)2024 · 2 citations
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