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. 2022 Feb 17;23:158. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04857-7

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Schematic diagram showing the steps of open suture tightening. a The setting of the vessel loop through the interval of the radioscaphocapitate (RSC) and long radiolunate (LRL) ligaments. b,c The sutures were tightened to close the RSC/LRL interval and the space of Poirier. d Thereafter, the suture tails of both ties were tightened together to tense the RSC and LRL ligaments