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J Wrist Surg 2014; 03(03): 203-205
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1384771
Case Report
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Primary Combined Replacements for Treatment of Distal Radius Physeal Arrest

Ingo Schmidt
1   Praxisklinik Jena, Jena, Germany
2   Consultant Hand Surgery, Hospital Schleiz GmbH, Department of Traumatology /Orthopedics / Sportsmedicine, Chief Surgeon: Dipl.-med. Ch. Stroemer, Berthold-Schmidt, Schleiz, Germany
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31 July 2014 (online)

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Abstract

This is a case report of a 59-year-old female patient with a posttraumatic growth arrest of the distal radius, leading to radioscaphoid osteoarthritis, carpal instability, and a symptomatic ulnocarpal impaction syndrome that was successfully treated with combined total wrist arthroplasty and ulnar head implant. One year postoperatively, there was no change in position without any signs of loosening of both implants. Both subjectively and functionally, all clinical parameters—Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH), visual analog scale (VAS), grip strength—had improved.

Level of Evidence: IV

Keywords

distal radius - physeal fracture - growth arrest - total wrist arthroplasty - ulnar head implant
 

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