Sonography of the normal scapholunate ligament and scapholunate joint space

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU
J F GriffithC Metreweli

Abstract

The aims of this study were to assess the visibility of the normal scapholunate ligament on sonography and to establish the normal scapholunate joint space width in the neutral position and radial and ulnar deviation. Two hundred normal wrists in 100 subjects (55 men and 45 women; mean age, 40 years; range, 19-83 years) were examined with high-resolution sonography (5-12-MHz linear-array transducer). The visibility and thickness of the scapholunate ligament were recorded. The width of the scapholunate joint space, or interval, was measured in the neutral position and radial and ulnar deviation. The width of the distal radius was recorded as a comparative standard for the patients' body habitus. The dorsal scapholunate ligament was completely (100%) visible in 95 wrists (48%), partially (> or = 50%) visible in 60 (30%), barely (< 50%) visible in 15 (8%), and not visible in 30 (15%). The volar scapholunate ligament was completely visible in 13 wrists (7%), partially visible in 17 (9%), barely visible in 15 (8%), and not visible in 151 (76%). The proximal component of the ligament was not visible in any subject. Measurement of the scapholunate interval was limited by the lack of identifiable anatomic marks for reference. The mean ...Continue Reading

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