The treatment of choice in nondisplaced hook of hamate fractures is conservative, with lower arm splinting. Displaced fractures should be treated operatively, whereby excision of the fragment or ...

One study examined the outcomes of surgical excision of hook of hamate fractures in elite baseball players. The results indicated that athletes who underwent this procedure had a high rate of ...

Eight of the nine were treated with artery excision and interposition vein ... peripheral vascular disease, hook of the hamate fracture, and myriad connective tissue and autoimmune diseases ...