Publications by authors named "Ahlam Arnaout"
Scapholunate complex injuries are the most frequent lesions associated with distal radius fractures and the treatment algorithm according to the stage of the instability remains controversial. However, there is an admitted consensus around the necessary treatment of the associated high-grade instabilities. They occur frequently in young patients after high energy trauma, and not treated, they can lead to chronic wrist pain and eventually to scapholunate advanced collapse.
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- - The study explored the effectiveness of arthroscopic dorsal capsulodesis for treating chronic scapholunate (SL) injuries, proposing this method as a viable option for enhancing the radiographic SL angle over time.
- - A total of 146 patients were monitored for one year post-surgery, revealing significant improvements in both the radiolunate (RL) and SL angles, demonstrating the method's efficacy without requiring invasive procedures.
- - Results indicated that the RL angle improved from -7.23 degrees to 4.37 degrees, and the SL angle decreased from 74.55 to 54.95 degrees, showing meaningful radiological changes and stability after a year of follow-up.
Lunate pseudarthrosis is a complication of lunate fractures and few cases are described in the literature. We designed a case series of lunate pseudarthrosis, to acknowledge this topic and to show our clinical experience. Four patients were included in this study.
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