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However, some patients prefer nonsurgical treatment options, and conservative treatment should be considered.<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>AIM<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>To present a case series of 16 patients conservatively treated for hook of hamate fractures.<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>METHODS<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>This study included 16 (11 males and 5 females; right side, 6 cases; left side, 10) patients who desired conservative treatment and could be followed-up until bone union was achieved. The average age of the patients was 49.6 (range: 24-72) years. The average time from injury to consultation was 4.3 (range: 0.2-21.4) weeks. The treatment involved 4 weeks of casting from the forearm to the metacarpophalangeal joint, followed by 8 weeks of splint fixation of the wrist. Follow-up computed tomography scans were performed every 4 weeks.<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>RESULTS<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>Bone union was achieved in all patients. The average duration of casting was 3.7 (range: 0-5) weeks and that of splint fixation thereafter was 8.6 (range: 0-28) weeks. The patients did not exhibit joint contractures or range of motion restrictions due to prolonged immobilization.<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>CONCLUSION<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>Conservative treatment with external fixation may be an option for hook of hamate fractures.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5312\/wjo.v16.i4.103795","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,16]],"date-time":"2025-04-16T08:48:12Z","timestamp":1744793292000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Sixteen patients regarding the conservative treatment for hook of hamate fracture"],"prefix":"10.5312","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Toshikazu","family":"Tanaka","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuichi","family":"Yoshii","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2060","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0363-5023(88)90217-1"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/s0363-5023(89)80008-5"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/jhsu.2003.50005"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11596-010-0654-7"},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2214\/AJR.17.18043"},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhsa.2021.03.015"},{"key":"B7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0363-5023(93)90405-R"},{"key":"B8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Stark HH, Chao EK, Zemel NP, Rickard TA, Ashworth CR. 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