Perilunate dislocations are potentially devastating closed wrist injuries.
These injuries involve dislocation of the carpus relative to the lunate which remains in normal alignment with the distal radius. They should not be confused with lunate dislocations where the lunate is dislocated in a volar direction and no longer has normal radiolunate articulation.
View the video below on Prof Michael Solomon’s decision making of this Perilunate dislocation.
