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Kim, Lee, Kim, Park, and Seo: Wrist Arthrodesis using Radial Sliding Graft in the Treatment of Wrist Tuberculosis: Report of 4 Cases

Abstract

Four patients with advanced tuberculosis of the wrist joint were treated with curettage & radial sliding graft to obtain radiometacarpal fusion. After each follow-up, their results were complete relief of pain with eradication of focus and solid union. This graft affords the stability of cortical bone combined with the osteogenesis of cancellous or trabecular bone. It furthermore affords a shape that conforms to the desirable dorsiflexion of the wrist after fusion.

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