(1) Midcarpal instability occurs at the triquetral-hamate joint and is characterized by a dynamic subluxation of the joint.
(2) It includes a resection of the whole fourth ray and translocation of the fifth ray following a wedge-shaped osteotomy of the lateral aspect of the hamate, and an arthrodesis between the capitate and the hamate.
(3) The lesion was not stable after closed reduction and required fixation with a pin through the hamate fracture.
(4) Rupture of the flexor tendon of a finger secondary to fracture of the hook of the hamate is extremely rare; only seven previous cases have been published.
(5) A vulnerable area of traumatic occlusion is provided by the anatomic relationship of the superficial branch of the ulnar artery to the hamate bone and the palmar aponeurosis.
(6) A 46-year-old factory worker presented a rare tumor, clear-cell carcinom of the lung, metastasizing to an unusual location, the hamate.
(7) Capitate-hamate-lunate-triquetral fusions reduced compressive strains by 28.5% and tensile strains by 26.3%.
(8) In type 2 the triquetrohamate joint is separated from the capitolunate joint by a concave transition facet on the hamate and lunate.
(9) There appears to be a weak point between the capitate and hamate and the third and fourth metacarpals.
(10) The wrist motion remaining after simulated arthrodeses was as follows: capitate-hamate: flexion (Flx) 98%, extension (Ext) 92%, ulnar deviation (UD) 96%, radial deviation (RD) 90%; scaphoid-lunate: Flx 97%, Ext 91%, UD 90%, RD 91%; scaphoid-trapezium-trapezoid: Flx 86%, Ext 88%, UD 67%, RD 69%; scaphoid-lunate-triquetrum: Flx 91%, Ext 82%, UD 86%, RD 70%; capitate-lunate: Flx 70%, Ext 59%, UD 89%, RD 79%; capitate-hamate-triquetrum: Flx 88%, Ext 79%, UD 88%, RD 81%; hamate-triquetrum: Flx 90%, Ext 85%, UD 89%, RD 94%; scaphoid-trapezium-trapezoid-capitate: Flx 85%, Ext 77%, UD 64%, RD 57%.
(11) In some specific cases, however, especially fracture of the hamate hook and distal radioulnar subluxation, transaxial CT scanning was superior.
(12) Fractures of the hook of the hamate frequently fail to unite.
(13) We report three cases of fractures of the hook of the hamate and postulate a mechanism of injury in sportsmen.
(14) Since tendon rupture is a serious problem that not uncommonly follows hook of the hamate fracture, a high index of suspicion must be maintained when initially evaluating these injuries.
(15) Eight cases of fracture of the body of the hamate are presented, with descriptions of the injury and management.
(16) From the history and findings, we believe that these fractures were caused by a direct blow against the hook of the hamate caused by the handle of the tennis racket, golf club, or bat during a swing, and not by indirect force produced by the ligaments and muscles attached to the hook.
(17) A report of a solitary metastasis to the hamate seems not to have appeared previously in the literature.
(18) The lesion could easily be mistaken for a fracture of the hook of the hamate.
(19) We studied the clinical and radiological findings in 12 patients who had fracture of the hook of the hamate.
(20) I have only one commander-in-chief as we speak.” Hamat Bah, one of the party leaders in Barrow’s coalition, said he thought Buhari had the best chance of changing Jammeh’s mind, as he was a military man.
Hamular
Definition:
(a.) Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) In monotremes the elements remain distinct and show specialised features, including a hamular cartilage in the ectopterygoid of one specimen of Ornithorhynchus.
(2) The hamular cartilage arises by chondrification within the ectopterygoid element and shows no sign of being a separate morphological entity, but must be regarded as a specialised feature associated with the architecture of the palatal musculature.
(3) Finish line modifications provide adjustability and facilitate relining in the hamular notch as changes in tissue contour dictate.