Study of surgery for scapholunate ligament wrist instability
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study looks at people aged 18–60 who have ongoing, painful wrist instability from a fully torn scapholunate ligament. It may help improve surgical approaches by carefully selecting patients whose ligament tear is complete and causing measurable joint looseness.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 to 60 years old
- You have symptoms from scapholunate (SL) ligament instability, with pain and disability scores above the study cutoffs
- Your injury is older than 6 weeks (chronic SL problem)
- Imaging shows enough SL loosening (gap) on special wrist X-rays
- Your wrist arthroscopy (camera exam during surgery) shows a complete SL ligament tear
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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