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perilunate dislocation

• lunate remains aligned with radius
• capitate dislocates (usually posteriorly)

• more common than lunate dislocation (radial-lunate ligaments stronger than lunate-capitate ligaments)

• associated with scaphoid fractures (75%) = "transscaphoid perilunate dislocation"

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