Ligamentous injuries of the wrist

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-377

  Tanaka, Toshikazu ^a   Ogino, Shuhei ^b,c   Yoshioka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Kikkoman General Hospital   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ligamentous injury; Lunotriquetral ligament; Scapholunate ligament; Triangular fibrocartilage complex; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; CAPSULODESIS; CAST APPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LUNOTRIQUETRAL LIGAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW; SCAPHOLUNATE LIGAMENT; TENODESIS; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX; WIRE FIXATION; WRIST; WRIST ARTHROSCOPY; WRIST INJURY; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 57049103532     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1100642     Document Type: Review

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