Wrist arthrodesis in paralyzed arms of children.
A new technique for fusion of the wrist in children six years old and older is described. An iliac graft is sandwiched in a coronal split in the radius and carpal bones. Thirty-four children, most of them suffering residual paralysis from poliomyelitis, were treated with this method. It was successful in thirty-two patients, and these children had improved function of the extremity. They were followed to maturity; shortening of the forearm averaged 4.1 centimeters.
D001132:Arm; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000637:transplantation; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*