title: Salvage of failed resection arthroplasties of the distal radioulnar joint using a new ulnar head prosthesis.
abstract: Twenty-three patients with painful instability following total or partial resection of the ulnar head were treated using a new ulnar head prosthesis combined with a simple soft tissue repair. Stability and marked symptomatic improvement were achieved in all patients. With a mean follow-up period of 27 months, this improvement has been maintained in all but 1 patient, whose prosthesis had to be removed because of a low-grade infection. These results suggest that the use of a prosthesis is a satisfactory way to restore stability and relieve secondary symptoms that may be associated with partial or total excision of the ulnar head.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Handchirurgie, Bad Neustadt, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Schoonhoven
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Herbert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012086:Reoperation; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*