Figure Legend: Scapholunate dissociation may require dynamic stress views to demonstrate (1,2). The natural progression of scapholunate dissociation is a pattern of wrist arthritis involving the radioscaphoid and capitolunate joints, referred to as ScaphoLunate Advanced Collapse or "SLAC wrist" (3, 6). Very proximal scaphoid avulsion fractures (4,5) are mechanically similar to scapholunate ligament injuries.
 

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