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

C Deml, S A Euler, G Schmidle, S Erhart, M Gabl, R Arora

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Article in Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

Reconstruction of Carpal Bone Loss of Septic Wrist Arthritis Using Induced Membrane Technique.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2020
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Low-profile locking-plate vs. the conventional AO system: early comparative results in wrist arthrodesis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2020
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C DemlDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. Christian.Deml@tirol-kliniken.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4786-2471

S A EulerDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.

G SchmidleDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.

S ErhartDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.

M GablDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.

R AroraDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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Bone NailsAdultArthritis, InfectiousArthrodesisBone TransplantationCarpal BonesCarpometacarpal JointsHumansIliumMaleWrist JointArthrodesisSeptic arthritisWristWrist-fusion

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PMID28251281

DOI10.1007/s00402-017-2660-8

PMCPMC5432597

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