TY - JOUR
AU1 - Morrell, Nathan
AU2 - Moyer, Amanda
AU3 - Quinlan, Noah
AU4 - Shafritz, Adam
AB - Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med (2017) 10:45–52 DOI 10.1007/s12178-017-9383-x HAND AND WRIST SPORTS MEDICINE (E TOLO AND L DWYER, SECTION EDITORS) 1 1 2 1 Nathan T. Morrell & Amanda Moyer & Noah Quinlan & Adam B. Shafritz Published online: 18 January 2017 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017 Abstract Introduction Purpose of the review Scapholunate and perilunate injuries can be difficult to diagnose and treat in the athlete. In this The scaphoid, lunate, and triquetrum constitute the proximal review article, we present the mechanism of injury, evaluation, carpal row of the wrist, commonly referred to as the interca- management, and outcomes of treatment for these injuries. lary segment. These three bones are linked via the Recent findings Acute repair of dynamic scapholunate liga- scapholunate (SL) and lunotriquetral (LT) interosseous liga- ment injuries remains the gold standard, but judicious use of a ments, respectively. The lunate is held in balance between a wrist splint can be considered for the elite athlete who is in flexion-moment provided by the scaphoid and an extension season. The treatment of static scapholunate ligament injury moment provided by the triquetrum [1]. Both the SL and LT remains controversial. Newer SL reconstructive techniques ligaments have three 
TI - Scapholunate and perilunate injuries in the athlete
JF - Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
DO - 10.1007/s12178-017-9383-x
DA - 2017-01-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/scapholunate-and-perilunate-injuries-in-the-athlete-BOHi9Hu2ZF
SP - 45
EP - 52
VL - 10
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -