Aim To describe the technique of the four-corner fusion with two retrograde crossed headless screws in cases of carpal collapse.Methods This technique is a consolidated procedure performed in cases of scaphoid non- union advanced collapse (SNAC) typeII and III, scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) type II and III and in other cases of carpal colla...

By Dariush Ghargozloo, Alessandro Tomarchio, Mauro Ballerini, Emanuela Saccalani, Giorgio Grazioli, Gianpaolo Chitoni

Aim To illustrate the surgical treatment of bilateral post-traumatic scaphoid fracture.Methods We came across a young student, who sustained bilateral, undisplaced scaphoid waist fractures following a fall during afootball match. Despite careful clinical and radiographic evaluation by four views at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department, w...

By Dariush Ghargozloo, Alessandro Tomarchio, Mauro Ballerini, Gianpaolo Chitoni

Aim To illustrate the surgical treatment of relapses of traumatic peroneal tendons subluxation.Methods We came across a young woman, who sustained a sprain in her dominant ankle after a trauma; we noticed subluxation ofthe peroneal tendons during eversion and extension of the foot. She referred to a previous accident some years before with peroneal...

By Alessandro Tomarchio, Luigi Meccariello, Dariush Ghargozloo, Andrea Pasquino, Enrico Leonardi