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Total wrist arthrodesis for septic wrist arthritis and loss of the bony carpus following percutaneous pinning of the fifth carpometacarpal joint: a case report

We report on a patient who developed septic wrist arthritis with destruction of the entire carpus due to osteomyelitis following percutaneous pinning of a fifth metacarpal base fracture. Arthrodesis was performed using a 6 cm vascularized iliac bone graft. This case report may sharpen the surgeon’s...

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Autores principales: Deml, C., Euler, S. A., Schmidle, G., Erhart, S., Gabl, M., Arora, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5432597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28251281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00402-017-2660-8