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Correlation between dorsal capsulo-scapholunate septum (DCSS) lesion and predynamic scapholunate instability
Clément Prénaud1, Lorenzo Merlini2, Jean-Baptiste de Villeneuve Bargemon3
1Hôpital Avicenne, 125 Rue de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
Objective:
Scapholunate instability is the most common ligament injury of the wrist. In case of predynamic instability, diagnosis can be difficult, even under arthroscopy. Scapholunate instability is not the result of an isolated injury to the scapholunate interosseous ligament. Scapholunate stability is dependent not only on the scapholunate ligament, but on a complex that is comprising intrinsic and extrinsic ligaments. The dorsal capsule-scapholunate septum (DCSS) is one of the secondary stabilizers of the scapholunate complex. The objective of the present study was to investigate the correlation between DCSS lesion and predynamic scapholunate instability.
Method:
A prospective multicenter study included patients who underwent wrist arthroscopy for traumatic wrist. Arthroscopic DCSS lesion stage and instability according to European Wrist Arthroscopy Society stage were assessed.
Results:
Twenty-seven subjects were included. We found a significant correlation between pathological DCSS and predynamic scapholunate instability and a correlation between DCSS lesion severity and instability level.
Conclusion:
Isolated DCSS lesion should be considered a predictive factor for predynamic instability.
