RATIONALE AND BASIC SCIENCE PERTINENT TO THE PROCEDURE Injury to the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) is a common cause of ulnar-sided pain and disability in the wrist. In 1989, Palmer…
BACKGROUND Chronic post-traumatic thrombosis and aneurysms of the ulnar and radial arteries may affect 10% to 15% of laborers who use their hands as a “hammer,” and thus this condition…
INTRODUCTION Pisiform ligament complex syndrome (PLCS) is peri-pisiform ulnar palmar wrist pain caused by injury or disease to the components of the pisiform ligament complex (PLC). The PLC consists of…
INTRODUCTION Treatment of the rheumatoid wrist includes preventive, reconstructive, and salvage surgery. It is undertaken only after careful evaluation of the problems, deformity, and needs of the individual patient. In…
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. INTRODUCTION Kienböck’s disease, or lunatomalacia, is an avascular osteonecrosis of the lunate that causes progressive collapse of the bone…
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. DISTAL MEDIAN NEUROPATHY (CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME) Anatomy The carpal tunnel is open-ended proximally and distally, but it behaves like…
INTRODUCTION Perilunate dislocations (PLDs) and interosseous ligament tears are among the most common forms of carpal injuries. They are primarily an injury of the younger population and have many possible…
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. INTRODUCTION A variety of distinct clinical entities characterize midcarpal instability (MCI). As yet, there is no universally accepted classification…
INTRODUCTION ∗ I dedicate this chapter to my deceased father, Arthur M. Simmons, MD, who was my role model as a physician and as a parent Pediatric wrist injuries were…
INTRODUCTION Although diagnostic arthroscopy of the wrist was first reported by Chen in 1979, it was not until 1986 that Roth and Poehling published a series of cases that served…
