Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume)
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by BORISCH, N.
Right arrow Articles by HAUSSMANN, P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by BORISCH, N.
Right arrow Articles by HAUSSMANN, P.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Articles

Radiolunate Arthrodesis in the Rheumatoid Wrist: A Retrospective Clinical and Radiological Longterm Follow-Up

N. BORISCH
P. HAUSSMANN

From the Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, DRK-Hospital, Baden-Baden, Germany

Correspondence: Dr Nicola Borisch, Leitende Ärztin Hanchirurgie, Orthopadische Universitatsklinik, BRK Rheuma-Zentrum, Kaiser-Karl-V-Allee 3, D-930787 Bad Abbach, Germany E-mail: n.borisch{at}rheumazentrum-brk.de

A retrospective study was performed to investigate the clinical and radiological results of radiolunate arthrodesis in the rheumatoid wrist. Ninety-one wrists in 78 patients were assessed at a mean follow-up of 60 months. Most patients were pain-free and content with the overall result. In 68 wrists the carpus had been repositioned or maintained in neutral or slightly ulnar alignment and no further translation occurred. Midcarpal dislocation occured in ten and midcarpal rotation in 13 wrists. The midcarpal joint underwent further arthritic destruction in 34 wrists and secondary arthrosis in 32 wrists. In 25 wrists the midcarpal joint space remained unchanged. Radiolunate arthrodesis can successfully be performed in wrists even with advanced destruction. In cases with fixed carpal collapse, anatomical repositioning of the lunate and restoration of carpal height should not be attempted as this causes midcarpal dislocation or rotation or precipitates secondary arthrosis.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 27, No. 1, 61-72 (2002)
DOI: 10.1054/JHSB.2001.0681
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JBJSHome page
S. Arimitsu, T. Murase, J. Hashimoto, H. Yoshikawa, K. Sugamoto, and H. Moritomo
Three-Dimensional Kinematics of the Rheumatoid Wrist After Partial Arthrodesis
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., September 1, 2009; 91(9): 2180 - 2187.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]