PT Journal
AU Drac, P
   Manak, P
   Pieranova, L
TI DISTAL SCAPHOID RESECTION ARTHROPLASTY FOR SCAPHOID NONUNION WITH RADIOSCAPHOID ARTHRITIS
SO Biomedical papers
PY 2006
BP 143
EP 145
VL 150
IS 1
DI 10.5507/bp.2006.022
DE Scaphoid nonunion/Radioscaphoid arthritis/Distal scaphoid resection arthroplasty
AB The authors compare the functional outcome of 8 patients treated by distal scaphoid resection arthroplasty for scaphoid nonunion with symptomatic wrist arthritis before surgery and after a minimum follow-up of 6 months. There was a significantly better range of radial deviation and grip strength at the time of re-examination. Significantly fewer patients complained of resting pain. By contrast the change of radiolunate angle measured before the surgery and at the time of re-examination was statistically insignificant. Our preliminary results show that distal scaphoid resection arthroplasty seems to be a useful treatment method of scaphoid nonunion with symptomatic wrist arthritis.
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