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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#E0E0E0">Scapholunate ligament</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Carpus.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Carpus.png/250px-Carpus.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Carpus.png/375px-Carpus.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Carpus.png/500px-Carpus.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="540" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Shown is the right hand, palm down (left) and palm up (right). A=<a href="/wiki/Scaphoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Scaphoid">Scaphoid</a>, B=<a href="/wiki/Lunate_bone" title="Lunate bone">Lunate</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">From</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scaphoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Scaphoid">Scaphoid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">To</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lunate_bone" title="Lunate bone">Lunate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=1819">1819</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1130012" class="extiw" title="d:Q1130012">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>scapholunate ligament</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Ligament" title="Ligament">ligament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Wrist" title="Wrist">wrist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MillerHart2009_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MillerHart2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rupture of the scapholunate ligament causes <b>scapholunate instability</b>, which, if untreated, will eventually cause a predictable pattern of <a href="/wiki/Wrist_osteoarthritis" title="Wrist osteoarthritis">wrist osteoarthritis</a> called <a href="/wiki/Scapholunate_advanced_collapse" title="Scapholunate advanced collapse">scapholunate advanced collapse</a> (SLAC).<sup id="cite_ref-TischlerDiaz2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TischlerDiaz2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anatomy">Anatomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scapholunate_ligament&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Anatomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The scapholunate ligament is an <a href="/wiki/Intercarpal_articulations" class="mw-redirect" title="Intercarpal articulations">intraarticular</a> ligament binding the <a href="/wiki/Scaphoid_bone" title="Scaphoid bone">scaphoid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lunate_bone" title="Lunate bone">lunate</a> bones of the wrist together. It is divided into three areas, <a href="/wiki/Dorsum_(anatomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsum (anatomy)">dorsal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location#Proximal_and_distal" title="Anatomical terms of location">proximal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location#Appendages" title="Anatomical terms of location">palmar</a>, with the dorsal segment being the strongest part.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the main <a href="/wiki/Joint_stability" title="Joint stability">stabilizer</a> of the scaphoid. In contrast to the scapholunate ligament, the lunotriquetral ligament is more prominent on the palmar side. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instability">Instability</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scapholunate_ligament&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Instability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Complete <a href="/wiki/Sprain" title="Sprain">rupture</a> of this ligament leads to wrist instability. The main type of such instability is <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_intercalated_segment_instability" title="Dorsal intercalated segment instability">dorsal intercalated segment instability</a> (DISI) deformity, where the lunate angulates to the posterior side of the hand.<sup id="cite_ref-CMShah_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMShah-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SOmori_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOmori-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <i>dynamic scapholunate instability</i> is where the scapholunate ligament is completely ruptured, but secondary scaphoid stabilizers are still preserved;<sup id="cite_ref-FairplayCozzolino2013_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FairplayCozzolino2013-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these are the scaphotrapezial (ST), scaphocapitate (SC) and radioscaphocapitate (RSC) ligaments.<sup id="cite_ref-FairplayCozzolino2013_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FairplayCozzolino2013-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a <i>static scapholunate instability</i>, these other ligaments are ruptured as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diagnosis">Diagnosis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scapholunate_ligament&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Diagnosis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Projectional_radiography" title="Projectional radiography">X-ray</a> images indicate scapholunate ligament instability when the scapholunate distance is more than 3 mm, which is called <i>scapholunate dissociation</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A static scapholunate instability is generally readily visible, but a dynamic scapholunate instability can only be seen radiographically in certain wrist positions or under certain loading conditions, such as when clenching the wrist, or loading the wrist in ulnar deviation.<sup id="cite_ref-FairplayCozzolino2013_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FairplayCozzolino2013-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In order to diagnose a SLAC wrist you need a posterior anterior (PA) view X-ray, a lateral view X-ray and a fist view X-ray.<sup id="cite_ref-RANovelline_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RANovelline-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fist X-ray is often made if there is no convincing <a href="/wiki/Terry_Thomas_sign" class="mw-redirect" title="Terry Thomas sign">Terry Thomas sign</a>. A fist X-ray of a scapholunate ligament rupture will show a descending capitate bone. Making a fist will give pressure at the capitate, which will descend if there is a rupture in the scapholunate ligament. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Watson%27s_test" title="Watson's test">Watson's test</a> may be used in diagnosis. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ScaphoLuncateDisoMark.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Static scapholunate dissociation"><img alt="Static scapholunate dissociation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/ScaphoLuncateDisoMark.png/115px-ScaphoLuncateDisoMark.png" decoding="async" width="115" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/ScaphoLuncateDisoMark.png/173px-ScaphoLuncateDisoMark.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/ScaphoLuncateDisoMark.png/231px-ScaphoLuncateDisoMark.png 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="521" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Static</i> scapholunate dissociation</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X-ray_of_dynamic_scapholunate_instability_-_annotated.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dynamic instability: Increased scapholunate distance (between yellow lines) upon ulnar deviation of the wrist, but not otherwise."><img alt="Dynamic instability: Increased scapholunate distance (between yellow lines) upon ulnar deviation of the wrist, but not otherwise." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/X-ray_of_dynamic_scapholunate_instability_-_annotated.jpg/120px-X-ray_of_dynamic_scapholunate_instability_-_annotated.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/X-ray_of_dynamic_scapholunate_instability_-_annotated.jpg/180px-X-ray_of_dynamic_scapholunate_instability_-_annotated.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/X-ray_of_dynamic_scapholunate_instability_-_annotated.jpg/240px-X-ray_of_dynamic_scapholunate_instability_-_annotated.jpg 2x" data-file-width="847" data-file-height="690" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dynamic instability: Increased scapholunate distance (between yellow lines) upon ulnar deviation of the wrist, but not otherwise.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dynamic_S-L-grip.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dynamic scapholunate instability visible upon clenching the wrist"><img alt="Dynamic scapholunate instability visible upon clenching the wrist" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Dynamic_S-L-grip.jpg/87px-Dynamic_S-L-grip.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Dynamic_S-L-grip.jpg/130px-Dynamic_S-L-grip.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Dynamic_S-L-grip.jpg/174px-Dynamic_S-L-grip.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="345" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dynamic scapholunate instability visible upon clenching the wrist</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scapholunatedis.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Scapholunate ligament disruption associated with a Colles' fracture"><img alt="Scapholunate ligament disruption associated with a Colles' fracture" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Scapholunatedis.png/73px-Scapholunatedis.png" decoding="async" width="73" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Scapholunatedis.png/110px-Scapholunatedis.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Scapholunatedis.png/147px-Scapholunatedis.png 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="882" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Scapholunate ligament disruption associated with a <a href="/wiki/Colles%27_fracture" title="Colles' fracture">Colles' fracture</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Treatment">Treatment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scapholunate_ligament&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Treatment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Treatment will vary depending upon the degree of injury and can range from observation and direct ligament repair through to reconstruction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Complications">Complications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scapholunate_ligament&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Complications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wrist_osteoarthritis" title="Wrist osteoarthritis">Wrist osteoarthritis</a></div> <p>Eventually, untreated scapholunate instability generally causes a predictable pattern of <a href="/wiki/Wrist_osteoarthritis" title="Wrist osteoarthritis">wrist osteoarthritis</a> called <a href="/wiki/Scapholunate_advanced_collapse" title="Scapholunate advanced collapse">scapholunate advanced collapse</a> (SLAC).<sup id="cite_ref-TischlerDiaz2014_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TischlerDiaz2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scapholunate_ligament&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Distal_radioulnar" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Distal_radioulnar_articulation" title="Distal radioulnar articulation">Distal radioulnar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_radioulnar_ligament" title="Palmar radioulnar ligament">Palmar radioulnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_radioulnar_ligament" title="Dorsal radioulnar ligament">Dorsal radioulnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interosseous_membrane_of_forearm" title="Interosseous membrane of forearm">Interosseous membrane of forearm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hand" title="Hand">Hand</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wrist" title="Wrist">Wrist/radiocarpal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_radiocarpal_ligament" title="Dorsal radiocarpal ligament">Dorsal radiocarpal</a>/<a href="/wiki/Palmar_radiocarpal_ligament" title="Palmar radiocarpal ligament">Palmar radiocarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_ulnocarpal_ligament" title="Dorsal ulnocarpal ligament">Dorsal ulnocarpal</a>/<a href="/wiki/Palmar_ulnocarpal_ligament" title="Palmar ulnocarpal ligament">Palmar ulnocarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_collateral_ligament_of_wrist_joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulnar collateral ligament of wrist joint">Ulnar collateral</a>/<a href="/wiki/Radial_collateral_ligament_of_wrist_joint" title="Radial collateral ligament of wrist joint">Radial collateral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intercarpal_joints" title="Intercarpal joints">Intercarpal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midcarpal_joint" title="Midcarpal joint">Midcarpal</a></li></ul></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiate_carpal_ligament" title="Radiate carpal ligament">Radiate carpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_intercarpal_ligament" title="Dorsal intercarpal ligament">Dorsal intercarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_intercarpal_ligaments" title="Palmar intercarpal ligaments">Palmar intercarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interosseous_intercarpal_ligaments" title="Interosseous intercarpal ligaments">Interosseous intercarpal</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Scapholunate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisiform_joint" title="Pisiform joint">Pisiform joint</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pisohamate_ligament" title="Pisohamate ligament">Pisohamate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisometacarpal_ligament" title="Pisometacarpal ligament">Pisometacarpal</a>)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Carpometacarpal_joint" title="Carpometacarpal joint">Carpometacarpal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpometacarpal_ligaments" title="Dorsal carpometacarpal ligaments">Dorsal carpometacarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpometacarpal_ligaments" title="Palmar carpometacarpal ligaments">Palmar carpometacarpal</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carpometacarpal_joint#Thumb" title="Carpometacarpal joint">thumb</a>:</i> <a href="/wiki/Radial_collateral_ligament_of_thumb" title="Radial collateral ligament of thumb">Radial collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_collateral_ligament_of_thumb" title="Ulnar collateral ligament of thumb">Ulnar collateral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intermetacarpal_joints" title="Intermetacarpal joints">Intermetacarpal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_transverse_metacarpal_ligament" title="Deep transverse metacarpal ligament">Deep transverse metacarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_transverse_metacarpal_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Superficial transverse metacarpal ligament">Superficial transverse metacarpal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metacarpophalangeal_joint" title="Metacarpophalangeal joint">Metacarpophalangeal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collateral_ligaments_of_metacarpophalangeal_joints" title="Collateral ligaments of metacarpophalangeal joints">Collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_plate" title="Palmar plate">Palmar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Interphalangeal_joints_of_hand" class="mw-redirect" title="Interphalangeal joints of hand">Interphalangeal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collateral_ligament_of_interphalangeal_joints_of_hand" title="Collateral ligament of interphalangeal joints of hand">Collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_plate" title="Palmar plate">Palmar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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