An arthroplastic salvage procedure for combined radiocarpal and distal radioulnar pathology.


Published online: Mar 27 1994

L De Smet, B Zachee, and G Fabry.

University Hospital Pellenberg, Department of Orthopedics, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

In a patient with silicone synovitis and degeneration of the distal radioulnar joint after 2 operative procedures for Kienböck's disease, and in a patient with long-standing scapholunate dissociation and distal radioulnar degenerative arthritis, a combined salvage arthroplasty was performed. A proximal row carpectomy with a Sauvé Kapandji procedure maintained reasonable function.

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