[Radiocarpal dislocation after a trivial injury]. / Luxación radiocarpiana tras traumatismo banal.

Radiocarpal dislocation is an extremely uncommon injury in Traumatology, and is usually produced by high energy trauma. There are two types of dislocation, type I: pure radiocarpal dislocation and type II: fracture-dislocation. The gold standard treatment according to the literature is surgical treatment fixing the fractures and repairing the injured ligaments. We report a clinical case of radiocarpal dislocation type I in a healthy 19 year-old male after a minor trauma. The dislocation was reduced by traction, and the wrist immobilized in a plaster cast. The functional outcome 12 months after the injury was excellent.