Disorders of the Wrist, An Issue of Atlas of the Hand Clinics

Disorders of the Wrist, An Issue of Atlas of the Hand Clinics
(The Clinics: Orthopedics)
By Munir A. Shah, MD (Guest Editor)

Publisher: Saunders
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: 2004-09-27
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Product Description:

The scaphoid occupies a biomechanically precarious position as the strut that links the proximal and distal carpal rows of the wrist. It follows that scaphoid fracture or insult to its supporting ligaments are both common and often difficult to manage. Fortunately, our understanding of normal and deranged scaphoid mechanics continues to improve, and innovative techniques to manage our patients with scaphoid injury are adding to a valuable core of timetested procedures.
This issue of
Atlas of the Hand Clinics begins with a review of both normal and deranged scaphoid anatomy and mechanics with emphasis on how this laboratory knowledge relates to the clinical manifestations of injury. Emerging information about the possible function of the dorsal intercarpal ligament in defining dynamic versus static scapholunate instability may become a significant addition both to our understanding of wrist mechanics and provide a basis for useful reconstructive procedures

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