Gleeson A P, Brookes C, Brydon G
University Department of Emergency Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom.
J Accid Emerg Med. 1996 May;13(3):216-9. doi: 10.1136/emj.13.3.216.
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.