The distal radioulnar joint in rheumatoid arthritis

Smet, Luc De

doi:10.1016/j.ics.2006.03.026

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“…However, it can be an option for primary treatment of highly comminuted or unstable distal forearm fractures in elderly patients to avoid posttraumatic UPV ( Figure 11B) [68,83,84]. Care must be taken when using the Darrach's procedure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, due to the natural course of the disease with progressive ulnar carpal translocation it can leads to severe complications such as migration of the lunate bone or dislocation of a total wrist arthroplasty (TWA) [85][86][87][88][89]. Noted that ulnar carpal translocation is also observed as a posttraumatic complication after fracture-dislocation injuries of the wrist in which the ulnar head is obtained, and, due to the unfamiliarity of this injury by treating physicians, this rare injury can mostly be investigated when comparing radiographs with the uninjured wrist were done such as described for the elbow joint as well [14,21,90].…”

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Who introduced the "quadrangular-construct" modification of the Sauvé Kapandji procedure first? Case presentation and brief overview of literature with regard to general, specific and practicable aspects to primary trauma-related surgical treatment including possible salvage options at the distal radioulnar joint

Schmidt¹,

Schmitz²,

Muradyan³

et al. 2017

Trauma Emerg Care

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A 26-year-old male sustained a left wrist injury after an occupational fall from height that was diagnosed as wrist sprain and treated conservatively by a plaster splint in another institution. Eight weeks after injury, the patient could be re-employed in his original occupation as a truck driver. Six years after injury, the patient came in our institution for the first time, and reported increasing pain in his left wrist accompanied with marked restriction of his left forearm's supination and pronation leading to the non-ability to carry out his occupational job 8 weeks previously. On clinical examination, there was pronounced dorsal subluxation of the ulnar head without any given possibilities for it manual closed reduction (i.e. static instability in transverse plane) ( Figure 1A). Posterior-anterior (PA) radiographs of both wrists showed no concomitant ulnar positiv variance (UPV) (i.e. no longitudinal instability) and no posttraumatic arthritic changes in the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ), but the configuration of the ulnar styloid at the formerly injured left wrist could not be well assessed that suggested an additional rotation deformity of the ulnar head ( Figure 1B). Lateral radiographs of both wrist showed marked fixed subluxation of the ulnar head in dorsal direction (i.e. static instability in transverse plane) ( Figure 1C). Due to these findings, the Sauvé-Kapandji procedure, modified by creating a "quadrangularconstruct", was detected by us. At the preoperative radiographs of the left elbow in both planes there were no signs of any pre-existing degenerative changes with specific regard to the radiocapitellar joint.Intraoperatively, first, the 2 cm long ulna segment was excised typically proximal to the DRUJ, then a Kirschner-wire was drilled into the ulnar head parallel to the plane of the operation table on which the left forearm was positioned at terminal range of pronation (i.e. 90°) ( Figure 2A). After that, the ulnar head was rotated 90° perpendicular to the operation table's plane in dorsal direction using the formerly drilled Kirschner-wire, and so the neutral position of DRUJ could be achieved in which the arthrodesis had to be performed ( Figure 2B). Then, the cartilage of both corresponding surfaces in DRUJ was excised, and the DRUJ arthrodesis in neutral position was carried out using a 3.5 mm titanium malleolar screw, and the Kirschner-wire was removed. The next step included the several years later introduced "quadrangularconstruct" modification of the original Sauvé-Kapandji procedure: After decorticalization of the corresponding radius and ulna shafts proximal to the DRUJ arthrodesis and distal to resection plane of the ulna segment, the formerly excised ulna segment has been inserted transversely between both forearm bones and fixated with a second 3.5 mm titanium cortical screw through the ulna segment graft, and finally, complete restoration of rotation motion arc could be achieved ( Figures 2C-D). The correctly performed surgical procedure was confirmed intraoperatively by flu...

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Who introduced the "quadrangular-construct" modification of the Sauvé Kapandji procedure first? Case presentation and brief overview of literature with regard to general, specific and practicable aspects to primary trauma-related surgical treatment including possible salvage options at the distal radioulnar joint

Schmidt¹,

Schmitz²,

Muradyan³

et al. 2017

Trauma Emerg Care

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“…The standard was traditionally the Darrach procedure, which is resection of the distal 1-2 cm of the ulna [ 34 ]. However, this is most often complicated by instability of the proximal stump as the TFCC is destabilized.…”

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Biomechanics of the Rheumatoid Wrist Deformity

Bain

Clifton

Costi

et al. 2016

Clinical Management of the Rheumatoid Hand, Wrist, and Elbow

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“…S1) est indiquée pendant les poussées inflammatoires (tuméfaction dorsale due à une atteinte de la synoviale radiocarpienne, ténosynovite des extenseurs et tuméfaction liée à une hypertrophie synoviale des métacarpophalangiennes [MCP]), avant que n'apparaissent des déformations et les désaxations irréductibles [8][9][10][11]. Elle immobilise les articulations inflammatoires en position de repos.…”

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Orthèses et ergothérapie dans les affections rhumatologiques de la main et du poignet

Lefèvre-Colau

Esnouf

Seri

et al. 2012

Revue du Rhumatisme Monographies

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The distal radioulnar joint in rheumatoid arthritis

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Biomechanics of the Rheumatoid Wrist Deformity

Orthèses et ergothérapie dans les affections rhumatologiques de la main et du poignet

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