title: Imaging key wrist ligaments: what the surgeon needs the radiologist to know.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although much attention is paid to the scapholunate ligament, lunotriquetral ligament, and the triangular fibrocartilage complex, additional intrinsic and extrinsic ligaments in the wrist play an important part in carpal stability. With improved MRI techniques, the radiologist can increasingly visualize these ligaments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The anatomy, MRI appearance, and clinical significance of the scapholunate ligament, lunotriquetral ligament, triangular fibrocartilage complex, carpal metacarpal ligaments, and volar and dorsal extrinsic ligaments are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. cyrus.bateni@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Cyrus P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Bateni
authors.forename: Roger J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bartolotta
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Hyojeong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mulcahy
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Allan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014953:Wrist / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D055815:Young Adult