Scapholunate tears: an update

Materials and methods We reviewed 147 patients (91 males, 56 females) with an average age of 37.8 years (17 to 63). In 116 cases it was a sports injury, including 41 high-level athletes. The average time between the injury and presentation was 7.41 months (between 3 and 24). All patients were operated on an outpatient surgery basis under local anesthesia. After reduction of the scapholunate junction (if deemed necessary), a capsular ligament suture was performed arthroscopically using the radiocarpal and midcarpal portals. A more or less large-scaphoid bone scapholunate pinning could be combined in some stage 4 cases only.