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Scapholunate Ligament Repair Using the MitekTM Bone Anchor

Technique and Preliminary Results

B. BICKERT
M. SAUERBIER
G. GERMANN

From the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery/Burn Centre, BG Trauma Centre, Ludwigshafen and the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Correspondence: B. Bickert MD, BG-Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse. 13, D-67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany. E-mail: bbickert{at}rumms.uni-mannheim.de

A retrospective study was done to assess the outcome after repair of completely ruptured scapholunate interosseous ligaments using the MitekTM Mini G2 bone anchor. From 1994 to 1996. 12 patients underwent scapholunate ligament repair using the bone anchor. A follow-up assessment was done at a mean of 19 months postoperatively and revealed excellent or good results in eight patients, satisfactory in two, and poor in two patients, one of whom had developed lunate necrosis. One patient with an excellent functional result demonstrated recurrent dissociation of the scapholunate gap radiographically. The technique described proved to be simpler than conventional procedures in our hands, and yields similar functional results.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 25, No. 2, 188-192 (2000)
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.1999.0340
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