J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1985 Dec;20(6):1177-1182. 10.4055/jkoa.1985.20.6.1177.

Wrist Arthrodesis using Radial Sliding Graft in the Treatment of Wrist Tuberculosis: Report of 4 Cases

• Kim ID
• Lee SY
• Kim PT
• Park BC
• Seo JS

• KMID: 2446176
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1985.20.6.1177

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.

Keyword

Tubercusis; Wrist; Arthrodesis; Radial sliding graft

MeSH Terms

Arthrodesis*
Curettage
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Osteogenesis
Transplants*
Tuberculosis*
Wrist Joint
Wrist*