title: Traumatic wrist instability: what's in and what's out.
abstract: Traumatic wrist instability encompasses a wide spectrum of injuries from the subtle partial ligament tear to the dramatic perilunate dislocation. A timely diagnosis is based on the patient's history and physical examination together with radiographic and advanced imaging studies. Early intervention has been associated with improved patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries; D011859:Radiography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging