Scapholunate Advanced Collapse: Motion-Sparing Reconstructive Options

Kevin Kruse; John R Fowler

doi:10.1016/j.ocl.2015.08.002

Scapholunate Advanced Collapse: Motion-Sparing Reconstructive Options

Orthop Clin North Am. 2016 Jan;47(1):227-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2015.08.002.

Authors

Kevin Kruse¹, John R Fowler²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 1010, Kaufmann Building, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
² Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 1010, Kaufmann Building, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: fowlerjr@upmc.edu.

PMID: 26614936
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2015.08.002

Abstract

Scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) is a predictable pattern of degenerative wrist arthritis that develops as a result of scapholunate dissociation. The purpose of this article is to review outcomes for the various motion-sparing surgical treatments for SLAC wrist.

Keywords: Four-corner arthrodesis; Motion-sparing surgical treatment; Proximal row carpectomy; Scapholunate advanced collapse; Wrist denervation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Arthritis / complications*
Arthritis / physiopathology
Arthritis / surgery*
Arthrodesis / methods*
Carpal Bones / diagnostic imaging
Carpal Bones / pathology*
Hand Strength
Humans
Radiography
Treatment Outcome
Wrist Joint / surgery*