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Imaging of Traumatic Carpal Instability

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Ligaments of the wrist play a fundamental role in the stability of the carpus. Poirier and Charpy [1] and Testut [2] first described this relationship. The works of Mayfield et al. [3] and Taleisnik [4] constitute the basis of the current description. More recently, Berger [5] has contributed some modifications to this classification. Classically, we differentiate between intra-articular or interosseous ligaments and capsular ligaments. The latter group is further classified into intrinsic ligaments, which originate and insert into carpal bones, and extrinsic ligaments, which attach carpal bones to bones of the forearm or the hand [6].

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  1. Hand Surgery Unit, Service de Radiologie, CHU Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Avenue Molière, Strasbourg, Cedex, 67098, France

    J.-C. Dosch

  2. Centre de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de la Main Illkirch, 49, Strasbourg, Cedex, 67098, France

    J.-C. Dosch

  3. Département de Radiologie, CHUM, Hôpital St Luc, 1058 rue St Denis, Montréal, QC, H2X 3J4, Canada

    T. Moser

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Dosch, JC., Moser, T. (2013). Imaging of Traumatic Carpal Instability. In: Camus, E., Van Overstraeten, L. (eds) Carpal Ligament Surgery. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0379-1_4

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