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
Materias:
Trauma Surgery
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
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Sumario: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 awareness of risks in orthopedic surgeries, even though the procedure seems to be rather simple and the patient is young and seems to be healthy.

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