Ligament repair and/or capsulodesis for scapholunate instability

We have reviewed 37 patients with scapholunate instability, operated in Par is between 1979 and 1995 7 months after the injury. There were 12 partial a nd 18 complete ligament ruptures, but also 4 distensions. The repair was a secondary suture in 16 cases (7 direct, 1 transosseous, 1 combined, 5 ancho r, 2 transosseous with anchor). A capsulodesis was performed 7 times as an isolated and 8 times as a combined procedure. 6 previous cases have been tr eated by ligamentoplasty. We present the results after a mean postoperative follow-up of 27 months, with good results on pain and grip, maintaining a satisfactory range of motion.