CARPAL LIGAMENT INSTABILITY

Course overview

CARPAL INSTABILITY SECONDARY TO LIGAMENTOUS DISRUPTION IS A BROAD, COMPLEX TOPIC THAT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF CAUSES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL COVER THE TWO MOST COMMON CARPAL INSTABILITIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE CHRONIC COMPLICATIONS: SCAPHOLUNATE DISSOCIATION, LUNOTRIQUETRAL DISSOCIATION, DORSAL INTERCALATED SEGMENT INSTABILITY (DISI), AND VOLAR INTERCALATED SEGMENT INSTABILITY (VISI). THIS ARTICLE WILL HIGHLIGHT ANATOMY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, EVALUATION, TREATMENT, AND HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH CARPAL INSTABILITY.