The commonly injured carpal bone next to scaphoid is?: (A) Hamate, (B) Capitate, (C) Trapezium, (D) Trapezoid
Answer is C. Relative incidence of carpal bone fracture Scaphoid ( 70% ) > Triquetral ( 20% ) > Trapezium ( 4.3% ) > Lunate (3.9%)> capitate> hamate> Pisiform> Trapezoid Ref: Rockwood & Green's fracture in Adults 6/e, Page 864-82.