Proximal Row Carpectomy
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. INTRODUCTION The scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) wrist and the scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse (SNAC) wrist represent two of the…
Total Wrist Fusion
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. RATIONALE FOR TOTAL WRIST FUSIOn Full (or total) wrist fusion (arthrodesis) sacrifices all flexion/extension and radial/ulnar deviation at the…
Dorsal Wrist Syndrome and Rotatory Subluxation of the Scaphoid
INTRODUCTION Dorsal perilunate synovitis was the term that we used in the late 1960s and early 1970s for patients presenting with wrist pain who had clinical findings consistent with a…
The Sauvé-Kapandji Procedure
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. INTRODUCTION Arthrodesis is the most reliable and durable surgical procedure for the treatment of a joint disorder, with the…
Open Ulnar Shortening for Ulnocarpal Impaction
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. RATIONALE AND BASIC SCIENCE PERTINENT TO THE PROCEDURE Milch is credited with the first surgical description in 1939 of…
Volar Wedge Grafting for Scaphoid Nonunions
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. ANATOMY Scaphoid is Greek for canoe or boat, but in reality the scaphoid would be a bent and twisted…
Arthroscopic Dorsal Radiocarpal Ligament Repair
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. INTRODUCTION The dorsal radiocarpal ligament (DRCL) is a capsular ligament that originates adjacent to Lister’s tubercle and travels distally…
Triquetral Impingement Ligament Tear (TILT) Syndrome
INTRODUCTION ∗ For my father. Ulnar-sided wrist pain remains a diagnostic challenge for the treating surgeon. Although treatment algorithms have been suggested, the diagnosis is often not readily apparent on…
Other Carpal Fractures: Lunate, Triquetrum, Capitate, Hamate, Hamate Hook, Trapezoid/Trapezium
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. INTRODUCTION Although carpal fractures other than those of the scaphoid are uncommon, vigilance in diagnosing these potentially serious fractures…
Partial Carpal Fusions
Videos corresponding to this chapter are available on DVD and online. INTRODUCTION Partial carpal fusion is a useful and proven method of treating specific carpal disorders. Selective intercarpal arthrodesis is…
