Abstract
The relative importance of the three major periscaphoid ligament complexes in maintaining the normal radiocarpal articulation was assessed. Pressure-sensitive film recorded the changes in radioscaphoid and radiolunate articular contact that occurred with sequential ligament sectioning in 12 cadaver wrists. Alterations in the radiocarpal articular contact as a result of ligament disruption are evident in the absence of the recognizable static x-ray changes of carpal instability. The scapholunate interosseous ligament is essential in preventing scapholunate diastasis and dorsoradial subluxation of the proximal scaphoid. Rotatory subluxation of the scaphoid occurs when disruption of the scapholunate interosseous ligament is coupled with disruption of either the palmar intracapsular radiocarpal ligaments or the scaphotrapezial ligament complex. These data help explain the development of degenerative arthritis caused by carpal ligamentous instability.
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