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A 56-year-old man presented with a left distal radius fracture (DRF) after a high-energy injury. ( A ) Preoperative radiograph shows a comminuted intra-articular fracture, with widening of the scapholunate ligament (SL) gap. ( B ) Radiograph of the uninjured wrist demonstrates normal SL relation. ( C and D ) Postoperative radiographs showing columnar plate fixation of the DRF. The SL relation was restored with a screw after SL ligament repair.
