Our Disagreement on "Iceberg View" on the Ulnar Wrist and Clinical Implications.

Hand Clin · Aug 2022 · Review

Zancolli ER

Argentine Association for Hand Surgery Specialists' Career, Barriexos 1584 - 13A, Buenos Aires 1115, Argentina

Hand & Upper Extremity

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONThis opinion piece argues that ulnar wrist pain workups overly focus on DRUJ and triquetral-hamate pathology while neglecting triquetrohamate and pisotriquetral instabilities, urging broader diagnostic consideration.
Abstract, as published

The diagnosis of ulnar-sided wrist symptoms concentrates on distal radioulnar joint and triquetral-hamate joint pathology. I consider this is only looking at the "tip of the iceberg" and ignoring other possible pathologies. In particular, this ignores the role of triquetrohamate and pisotriquetral pathologies. I outline our approaches to these pathologies noting the important ligamentous structures, the clinical presentations, the relevant investigations, and the surgical treatments and outcomes that I have found to be reliable. I would encourage hand surgeons to think more widely about ulnar-sided wrist symptoms, in particular triquetrohamate and pisotriquetral joint instabilities.

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