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Rupture of the scapholunate ligament is a frequent but often neglected lesion in common traumatology. Left to hazardous symptomatic treatment, it leads to a complete and inevitable progressive destabilization of the entire carpus, causing intracarpal arthritis [1, 2]. Its diagnosis is difficult, and a thorough and targeted exploration is needed. Conventionally, the clinical examination looks for a forced scaphoid projection and pain on palpation of the scapholunate interval [3]. Radiological examinations then look for signs of static instability (scapholunate diastasis, scaphoid horizontalization, and ring sign). But these examinations reveal very little or very poorly the predynamic or dynamic instabilities. Some authors even recommend the use of arthrography and arthroscopy to ensure diagnosis [5].
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Apard, T. (2022). Ultrasound of the Scapholunate Ligament. In: Apard, T., Brasseur, J.L. (eds) Ultrasonography for the Upper Limb Surgeon. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84234-5_13
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