The "clenched pencil" view: a modified clenched fist scapholunate stress view.
Traditional radiographic imaging of the scapholunate interval is complicated by the lack of a view that combines the dynamism of the clenched-fist stress view with the ability to reliably duplicate the precise angle of pronation that shows optimally the scapholunate interval. We describe a simple radiographic technique that combines these 2 criteria that we have found helpful in the office diagnosis of scapholunate dissociation.
Lawand
Ashur
A
Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
Foulkes
Guy D
GD
D000328:Adult; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*