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Chung, Yoo, and Song: A Clinical Experience of Limited Wrist Arthrodesis (Radioscapholunate arthrodesis)
Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1988; 1(1): 20-23.

Published online: 14 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1988.1.1.20

A Clinical Experience of Limited Wrist Arthrodesis (Radioscapholunate arthrodesis)

Yung Khee Chung, Jung Han Yoo, Baek Yong Song

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kang Nam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

The principle of treatment in patient with fracture involving articular surface is necessary for anatomical reduction, rigid fixation and early motion.
However, on the occasion of the unsatisfactory results such a post-traumatic arthritis of the wrist joint, in 1981, Watson and coworkers reported the good results by limited wrist arthrodesis for relief of pain and allowance of some range of motion.
Recently, we have experienced two cases of post-traumatic arthritis of the wrist joint which was treated by limited wrist arthrodesis, especially, radioscapholunate arthrodesis with good results.

Keywords: limited wrist arthrodesis, radioscapholunate joint

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