RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Scapholunate instability--a spectrum of pathology.
JF Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine
JO Arch Emerg Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 216
OP 219
DO 10.1136/emj.13.3.216
VO 13
IS 3
A1 A P Gleeson
A1 C Brookes
A1 G Brydon
YR 1996
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/13/3/216.abstract
AB Five cases of scapholunate instability are reported. The condition is commonly misdiagnosed in accident and emergency departments. The importance of a complete clinical assessment of the suspected scaphoid injury and the need to measure the scapholunate distance and the scapholunate angle on the radiographs is stressed.