Can cast immobilization successfully treat scapholunate dissociation associated with distal radius fractures?

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-590

  Tang, J B ^a   Shi, D ^a   Gu, Y Q ^a   Zhang, Q G ^a  

^a NANTONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LUNATE BONE; MALE; PLASTER CAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCAPHOID BONE; WRIST DISLOCATION;

EID: 0029788543     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0363-5023(96)80007-4     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Linscheid RL Dobyns JH Beaubout JW Bryan RS Traumatic instability of the wrist: diagnosis, classification and pathomechanics J Bone Joint Surg 54A 1972 1612 1632
2. Dobyns JH Linscheid RL Chao EYS Weber ER Swanson GE Traumatic instability of the wrist Instr Course Lect 24 1975 182 199
3. Palmar AK Dobyns JH Linscheid RL Management of post-traumatic instability of wrist secondary to ligament rupture J Hand Surg 3 1978 507 532
4. Mayfield JK Johnson RP Kilcoyne RF Carpal dislocations: pathomechanics and progressive perilunate instability J Hand Surg 5 1980 226 241
5. Taleisnik J Post-traumatic carpal instability Clin Orthop 149 1980 73 82
6. Lichtman DM Schneider JR Swafford AR Mack GR Ulnar midcarpal instability: clinical and laboratory analysis J Hand Surg 6 1981 515 523
7. Taleisnik J Watson HK Midcarpal instability caused by malunited fractures of the distal radius J Hand Surg 9A 1984 350 357
8. Watson HK Ballet FL The SLAC wrist: scapholunate advanced collapse pattern of degenerative arthritis J Hand Surg 9A 1984 358 365
9. Viegas SF Patterson RM Peterson PD Ulnar-sided perilunated instability: an anatomic and biomechanic study J Hand Surg 15A 1990 268 278
10. Pin PG Nowak M Logan SE Young VL Gilula LA Weeks PM Coincident rupture of the scapholunate and lunotriquetral ligaments without perilunate dislocation: pathomechanics and management J Hand Surg 15A 1990 110 119
11. Johnson RP Cohen MS Taleisnik J Treatment of scapholunate dissociation by ligamentous repair and capsulodesis J Hand Surg 17A 1992 354 359
12. Watson HK Ottani L Pitts EC Handal AG Rotary subluxation of the scaphoid: a spectrum of instability J Hand Surg 18B 1993 62 64
13. Rosenthal DI Schwartz M Phillips WC Jupiter J Fracture of the radius with instability of the wrist AJR 141 1983 113 116
14. Jones WA Beware the sprained wrist: the incidence and diagnosis of scapholunate instability J Bone Joint Surg 70B 1988 293 297
15. Mudgal CS Jones WA Scapho-lunate diastasis: a component of fractures of the distal radius J Hand Surg 15B 1990 503 505
16. Fontes D Lenoble E DeSomer B Lesions ligamentairies associés aux fractures distales du radius Ann Chir Main 11 1992 119 125
17. Tang JB Carpal instability associated with fracture of the distal radius: incidence, influencing factors and pathomechanics Chin Med J 105 1992 758 765
18. Geissler WB Freeland AE Savoie FH Whipple TL Carpal instability associated with displaced intraarticular distal radius fractures Orthop Trans 17 1993 1065
19. Leibovic SJ Geissler WB Treatment of complex intra-articular distal radius fractures Orthop Clin North Am 25 1994 685 706
20. Gartland JJ Werley CW Evaluation of healed Colles' fracture J Bone Joint Surg 33 1951 895 907
21. Altissimi M Antenucci R Fiacca C Mancini GB Long term results of conservative treatment of fractures of the distal radius Clin Orthop 206 1986 202 210
22. Solgaard S Function after distal radius fracture Acta Orthop Scand 59 1988 39 42
23. Cooney WP Linscheid RL Dobyns JH Fractures of the distal radius Rockwood CA Jr Green DP Bucholz RW Fractures in adults 3rd ed. 1991 JB Lippincott Philadelphia 585 600
24. Sarmiento A Latta LL Closed functional treatment of fractures 1991 Springer-Verlag Berlin 339 380
25. Herndon JH Distal radius fractures: nonsurgical treatment options Instr Course Lect 42 1993 67 72
26. Frykman G Fracture of the distal radius including sequelae Acta Orthop Scand 108 suppl. 1967 1 155
27. Cautilli GP Wehbe MA Scapholunate distance and cortical ring sign J Hand Surg 16A 1991 501 503
28. Gilula LA Totty WG Wrist trauma: roentgenographic analysis Gilua LA The traumatized hand and wrist 1992 WB Saunders Philadelphia 221 239
29. Green DP O'Brien ET Open reduction of carpal dislocations: indications and operative techniques J Hand Surg 3 1978 250 265
30. Cooney WP Bussey R Dobyns JH Linscheid RL Difficult wrist fractures: perilunate fracture-dislocations of the wrist Clin Orthop 214 1987 136 147
31. Daniel WW Biostatistics: a foundation for analysis in the health science 1983 John Wiley & Sons New York 206 260
32. De Palma AF Comminuted fractures of the distal end of the radius treated by ulnar pinning J Bone Joint Surg 34 1952 651 662
33. Green DP Carpal dislocation and instabilities Green DP Operative hand surery 3rd ed 1993 Churchill Livingstone New York 861 921
34. Ruby LK Carpal instability J Bone Joint Surg 77A 1995 476 487
35. Ruby LK An KN Linscheid RL Cooney WP Chao EYS The effect of scapholunate ligament section on scapholunate motion J Hand Surg 12A 1987 767 771
36. Hixon ML Walker CW Fitzrandolph RL McAndrew MP Acute ligament tears of the wrist associated with Colles' fracture Orthop Trans 18 1994 164 165
37. Nowak MD Mechanical properties of wrist ligaments An KN Berger RA Cooney WP Biomechanics of the wrist joints 1991 Springer-Verlag New York 139 156
38. Viegas SF Hillman GR Elder K Stoner D Patterson RM Measurement of carpal bone geometry by computer analysis of three-dimensional CT images J Hand Surg 18A 1993 341 349
39. Cantor RM Stern PJ Wyrick JD Micheals SE The relevance of ligament tears or perforations in the diagnosis of wrist pain: an arthrographic study J Hand Surg 19A 1994 945 953