title: [Scapholunate lesions].
abstract: Injuries to the scapholunate ligament are the most frequent cause of carpal instability. Therefore, if a scapholunate lesion is not diagnosed, it may result in a severe dysfunction of the wrist. This review describes the anatomy, and the kinematics of the wrist with an intact as well as a disrupted scapholunate ligament. The diagnostic of an isolated ligament lesion and a ligament injury associated with a fracture of the distal radius is presented. Finally, an algorithm for treatment based on the stage of injury is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Handchirurgie, Rhön-Klinikum Bad Neustadt, Salzburger Leite 1, 97615, Bad Neustadt, Deutschland, hael@handchirurgie.de.
authors.forename: K-J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Prommersberger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mühldorfer-Fodor
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalb
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Schoonhoven
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*