Application of custom-made joint prostheses in wrist.

Author: Xiaodi ZOU ¹ ; Yanzhao DONG ¹ ; Changxing WANG ² ; Hui LU ³
Author Information

1. Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
2. Department of Orthopedics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Xinhua Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310014, China.
3. Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China. huilu@zju.edu.cn.
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: CBX proteins; Cancer; Epigenetic regulation; Polycomb repressive complexes (PRC)
MeSH: Humans; Joint Prosthesis; Wrist Joint/surgery*; Prosthesis Design; Arthroplasty, Replacement; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/surgery*
From: Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 2025;26(2):200-202
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: The wrist joint is a highly mobile functional joint. Wrist conditions including traumatic and degenerative arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and giant cell tumors of the distal radius, cause significant pain and mobility impairment. In joint surgery, the decision to use joint prostheses to reconstruct joint function is greatly influenced by the characteristics of the prosthesis (Mok et al., 2016). However, traditional implants have limitations such as shape mismatch, inadequate implant-bone interface strength which causes loosening, and poor bone ingrowth (Zhang et al., 2014).