ABSTRACT
EXAMINATION FINDINGS IN CARPAL INSTABILITY 3. A patient with chronic wrist pain has a positive Watson test on examination. Which
one of the following structures is most likely to be injured? A. Scaphoid bone B. Radial styloid C. Radioscapholunate ligament
D. Lunotriquetral ligament E. Scapholunate ligament
4. A patient is referred with a stage III perilunate injury. Which one of the following findings is least likely to be present? A. Median nerve paresthesias B. A fracture of the radial styloid C. A tear in the space of Poirier
D. Lunate dislocation into the carpal tunnel E. Lunotriquetral ligament rupture
See Essentials of Plastic Surgery, second edition, pp. 750-772.
