The use of a bone peg in the Sauvé-Kapandji operation.
The use of a bone peg for fusion of the distal radio-ulnar joint as part of the Sauvé-Kapandji procedure is described. This has been used effectively in six patients, one of whom developed a painless pseudoarthrosis after a fall.
San Roque Hospital, Cordoba, Argentina.
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D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000601:surgery; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D014457:Ulna / Q000601:surgery; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000601:surgery*