SLAC and SNAC Wrist: The Top Five Things That General Radiologists Need to Know
Wrist osteoarthritis (OA) is a common painful condition that affects the patient’s quality of life by limiting the range of wrist motion and grip strength. Wrist OA often results from scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) or scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse (SNAC). Early diagnosis of SLAC and SNA...
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| description | Wrist osteoarthritis (OA) is a common painful condition that affects the patient’s quality of life by limiting the range of wrist motion and grip strength. Wrist OA often results from scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) or scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse (SNAC). Early diagnosis of SLAC and SNAC is crucial because it affects treatment planning. Thus, radiologists should be able to interpret the early imaging findings. This pictorial review discusses the pathophysiology and the clinical symptoms of SLAC and SNAC and presents the imaging findings with emphasis on the proper imaging algorithm. Finally, it focuses on the treatment according to the degenerative status of each of these patterns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbf34dd8e23343689d33cf7f7ba2ccf62023-11-23T10:48:52ZengMDPI AGTomography2379-13812379-139X2021-09-017448850310.3390/tomography7040042SLAC and SNAC Wrist: The Top Five Things That General Radiologists Need to KnowEliza Kompoliti0Mikaella Prodromou1Apostolos H. Karantanas2Department of Medical Imaging, University Hospital, Voutes, 71110 Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Medical Imaging, University Hospital, Voutes, 71110 Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Medical Imaging, University Hospital, Voutes, 71110 Heraklion, GreeceWrist osteoarthritis (OA) is a common painful condition that affects the patient’s quality of life by limiting the range of wrist motion and grip strength. Wrist OA often results from scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) or scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse (SNAC). Early diagnosis of SLAC and SNAC is crucial because it affects treatment planning. Thus, radiologists should be able to interpret the early imaging findings. This pictorial review discusses the pathophysiology and the clinical symptoms of SLAC and SNAC and presents the imaging findings with emphasis on the proper imaging algorithm. Finally, it focuses on the treatment according to the degenerative status of each of these patterns.https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/4/42SNAC wristSLAC wristwrist osteoarthritisCT-diagnosisMR imaging/diagnosisarthrography |
| spellingShingle | Eliza Kompoliti Mikaella Prodromou Apostolos H. Karantanas SLAC and SNAC Wrist: The Top Five Things That General Radiologists Need to Know Tomography SNAC wrist SLAC wrist wrist osteoarthritis CT-diagnosis MR imaging/diagnosis arthrography |
| title | SLAC and SNAC Wrist: The Top Five Things That General Radiologists Need to Know |
| title_full | SLAC and SNAC Wrist: The Top Five Things That General Radiologists Need to Know |
| title_fullStr | SLAC and SNAC Wrist: The Top Five Things That General Radiologists Need to Know |
| title_full_unstemmed | SLAC and SNAC Wrist: The Top Five Things That General Radiologists Need to Know |
| title_short | SLAC and SNAC Wrist: The Top Five Things That General Radiologists Need to Know |
| title_sort | slac and snac wrist the top five things that general radiologists need to know |
| topic | SNAC wrist SLAC wrist wrist osteoarthritis CT-diagnosis MR imaging/diagnosis arthrography |
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