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Fractures of the hook of the hamate frequently fail to unite. In symptomatic nonunion,
surgical excision of the hook has provided relief of pain in the few reported cases.
In a survey of surgeons, 133 cases of excision of the hook to treat nonunion were
reviewed retrospectively. The complication rate associated with excision is three
percent. These complications, such as injury to the ulnar nerve or the superficial
palmar arch and median nerve paresthesias secondary to retraction are due more to
the surgical exposure than the actual excision.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 6,
1987
Received:
June 30,
1987
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*No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
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© 1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
