Chang-Hun Lee, Bong Gun Lee, Joo-Hak Kim, Ha Seung Yoon, Kyeong-Jin Han, Wan-Sun Choi
We systematically reviewed the incidence of complications and outcomes of different surgical methods for acute perilunate injury in the MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase and Cochrane Library databases. Forty-three articles with 880 patients were included. The most common complications were arthritis (30%), carpal instability (15%), avascular necrosis of the lunate (12%), complex regional pain syndrome (11%), and nonunion or avascular necrosis of the scaphoid (9%). In the meta-analysis, the mean scapholunate gap was 1...
January 28, 2023: Journal of Hand Surgery, European Volume