Wrist Arthrodesis using Radial Sliding Graft in the Treatment of Wrist Tuberculosis: Report of 4 Cases
10.4055/jkoa.1985.20.6.1177
- Author:
Ik Dong KIM
;
Su Young LEE
;
Poong Taek KIM
;
Byung Chul PARK
;
Jae Sung SEO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tubercusis;
Wrist;
Arthrodesis;
Radial sliding graft
- MeSH:
Arthrodesis;
Curettage;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Osteogenesis;
Transplants;
Tuberculosis;
Wrist Joint;
Wrist
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1985;20(6):1177-1182
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
