Special aspects of wrist arthritis management for SLAC and SNAC wrists using midcarpal arthrodesis

Description: Midcarpal arthrodesis reliably reduced pain and preserved valuable wrist mobility thus improving daily activity and quality of life also in bilateral carpal collapse. In the rare cases when midcarpal arthrodesis failed, total wrist arthrodesis markedly improved the complaints in most patients, but in contrast to other studies complete pain was seldom.
Special aspects of wrist arthritis management for SLAC and SNAC wrists using midcarpal arthrodesis: results of bilateral operations and conversion to total arthrodesis. Gohritz A, Gohla T, Stutz N, Moser V, Koch H, Krimmer H, Lanz U. Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 2005;63(1-2):41-8. full text available