Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1967;49:950-954.
© 1967 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Arthrodesis of the Wrist
A SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
RAY J. HADDAD JR. M.D.1 and
DANIEL C. RIORDAN M.D.1
1 1538 Louisiana Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
A surgical technique is described for unilateral arthrodesis of the wrist through a radial wrist approach with an inner iliac-bone graft. Emphasis is placed on the position of the arthrodesis, graft placement, inclusion of the second and third carpometacarpal joints with the fusion mass across the radiocarpal joints, avoidance of the distal radio-ulnar joint and other significant surgical details. In twenty-four patients treated by this method over a ten to twelve-year period results were successful in twenty-three.