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The authors describe a modified radiological lateral view according to the points of tangency of the radial articular surface. The view allows the separate study of the radio-scaphoïd and the radiolunate joint spaces, which are otherwise superimposed on a classical side view. This view has a clinical interest especially when treating malunion deformities.

Colles' fractures with important displacement are accompanied by a subdislocation of the carpus backwards. The authors describe a radio-lunate sagittal index that measures the posterior displacement. This index should be instored during the reduction of the fracture.