Radiographic evaluation of radial flexion osteotomy effect on static scapholunate instability: a preliminary cadaveric study Cañadillas Rueda, Rodrigo Sánchez-Agesta, Claudia Villazán-Cervantes, María Ángeles Roda Murillo, Olga Sánchez-Montesinos García, Indalecio Hernández Cortés, Pedro Manuel Introduction: The optimal treatment of chronic scapholunate instability has yet to be established. Scapholunate ligament grafts are still far from being the ideal solution. We conducted an experimental study to evaluate whether flexion-opening wedge osteotomy of the distal radius improves misalignment and avoids rotatory subluxation of the scaphoid in a cadaveric model of static scapholunate dissociative instability. Materials and Methods: Radiographic studies were performed on 15 cryopreserved specimens after recreating a model of scapholunate instability by division of the scapholunate interosseous ligament (SLIL) and secondary stabilizers, taking radiographs at baseline, after the instability model, and after distal radius osteotomy. Static and dynamic (under controlled tendon traction) anteroposterior and lateral views were obtained to measure the length (in mm) of the carpal scaphoid and scapholunate interval, scapholunate angle, radio-lunate angle, and palmar tilt of the distal joint surface of the radius and to measure the dorsal scaphoid translation by the concentric circles method. The Wilcoxon test was used for statistical comparisons. Results: The scapholunate interval was significantly decreased after osteotomy in all static anteroposterior views and in all lateral views under tendon traction. Dorsal scaphoid translation was significantly reduced in static lateral view in extension and in dynamic lateral view under 5-pound flexor carpi radialis tendon tension controlled by a digital dynamometer. 2 Conclusion: Flexion-addition osteotomy of the distal radius appears to improve carpal alignment parameters in a cadaveric model of static scapholunate instability, achieving similar values to those obtained before instability 2024-10-22T09:58:03Z 2024-10-22T09:58:03Z 2024-02-07 journal article Cañadillas-Rueda R, Sánchez-Agesta C, Villazán-Cervantes MÁ, Roda-Murillo O, Sánchez-Montesinos-García I, Hernández-Cortés P. Radiographic evaluation of radial flexion osteotomy effect on static scapholunate instability: a preliminary cadaveric study. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2024 Feb;144(2):975-984. doi: 10.1007/s00402-023-05124-1. Epub 2023 Dec 8. PMID: 38063881. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/96206 10.1007/s00402-023-05124-1 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Springer