Scapholunate ligament

Scapholunate ligament
Shown is the right hand, palm down (left) and palm up (right). A=Scaphoid, B=Lunate
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Anatomical terminology

The scapholunate ligament is a ligament of the wrist.[1]

Rupture of the scapholunate ligament causes scapholunate instability, which, if untreated, will eventually cause a predictable pattern of wrist osteoarthritis called scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC).[2]

  1. ^ Mark D. Miller; Jennifer Hart; John M. MacKnight (10 July 2009). Essential Orthopaedics. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 305–. ISBN 978-1-4160-5473-3. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  2. ^ Tischler, Brian T.; Diaz, Luis E.; Murakami, Akira M.; Roemer, Frank W.; Goud, Ajay R.; Arndt, William F.; Guermazi, Ali (2014). "Scapholunate advanced collapse: a pictorial review". Insights into Imaging. 5 (4): 407–417. doi:10.1007/s13244-014-0337-1. ISSN 1869-4101. PMC 4141341. PMID 24891066.
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