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Wrist Arthrodesis: Modified Gill's Technique

From the Hand Surgery Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Correspondence: Dr Shmuel Luboshitz, Hand Unit Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel. E-mail: Slubo{at}zahaz.net.il

Twenty-five wrist arthrodesis procedures were performed on 24 patients, applying a modification of Gill’s technique, which used a corticocancellous strut graft from the distal radius. Patients were followed up until solid bony fusion was established. Union was achieved in 21 of 25 wrists and was subsequently achieved with a further procedure in the remaining four wrists. We have found that the modified Gill’s technique is a reliable, simple procedure with a low complication rate which does not require the harvest of a distant bone graft.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 27, No. 6, 568-572 (2002)
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2001.0720


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