Replacement with silicone wrist implant after failed silicone wrist arthroplasty: 3 case reports in inflammatory arthritis

Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2012 Dec;16(4):198-201. doi: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e3182657818.

Abstract

Revision surgery after failed silicone wrist arthroplasty is often challenging. In particular, in cases of inflammatory arthritis there is a high incidence of extensive bone loss which leads to a high complication rate in wrist fusion as a salvage procedure. Sometimes the surgeon may be faced with a patient in poor overall medical condition, who is very low demand so that the complexities of wrist fusion after a failed silicone arthroplasty may be contraindicated. For that situation, revision with a silicone prosthesis is a easy method in cases of severe osseous destruction in low demand patients with a long history of inflammatory arthritis.With 3 case reports will describe the topic of replacement with silicone wrist implant after failed silicone wrist arthroplasty.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis / surgery*
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / surgery
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / surgery
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement
  • Carpal Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Radiography
  • Reoperation
  • Silicones / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Failure
  • Ulna / pathology

Substances

  • Silicones