Materials and methods We reviewed 147 patients (91 males, 56 females) with an average age of 37.8 years (17 to 63). In 116 cases it was a sports injury, including 41 high-level athletes. The average time between the injury and presentation was 7.41 months (between 3 and 24). All patients were operated on an outpatient surgery basis under local anesthesia. After reduction of the scapholunate jun...

UNLABELLED Scapholunate (SL) instability is the most common pattern of instabilities in the wrist. If untreated or undiagnosed, it may lead to degenerative changes with SLAC (scapholunate advanced collapse) wrist. There are a few of of well-known SL instability classifications. The one that takes into account a dynamic or static nature of SL instability is the most accepted and used. The arthro...

Nineteen patients underwent a scapholunate interosseous ligament repair combined with a Blatt's capsulodesis for scapholunate instability between 1994 and 1999. The diagnosis was based on clinical, radiographic and arthroscopic assessments. Mean follow-up was 22 months (range: 8 months to 5 years). Fifteen patients were available for follow-up. Most (13 of 15) of the patients presented with pre...