Abstract Purpose of Review This paper sets out to review the past and current literature on evaluation management various types carpal instability. Recent Findings Carpal instability has many sub-types, therefore, its widely differ. There are recent studies that indicate while MRI MR arthrography mainstays for evaluation, certain CT radiographic measurements may be better at diagnosing scapholu...

PURPOSE For chronic dynamic scapholunate (SL) instability (>3 months after injury) open procedures (capsulodesis, limited intercarpal fusions, tenodesis, SL ligament reconstruction) have become popular in recent years but their long-term results have been suboptimal. We evaluated retrospectively the results of aggressive arthroscopic debridement of the SL ligament to bleeding bone in an effort ...

Hypothesis: It is currently unknown whether time from injury affects outcomes following repair of dorsal scapholunate ligament (SLL) tears. We tested the null hypothesis that the outcomes of SLL repair are similar when performed within 6 weeks of injury (acute repair) versus when repaired from 6 to 12 weeks following injury (subacute repair). Methods: This case-control study examined 22 patient...

Purpose To assess the validity and reliability of posterior radioscaphoid angle (PRSA), an indicator dorsal displacement scaphoid, in distinguishing wrists with without chronic scapholunate instability (SLI). Methods We prospectively evaluated 40 patients (22 men 18 women; mean age, 46 ± 13 years) suspected SLI radiographs computed tomography arthrography. Based on these data, 3 groups were def...