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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2026

Surgery for wrist osteoarthritis.

Mohammed Shaheen, Brennen T McManus, Vieda Lusa, Kevin C Chung, Teemu V Karjalainen

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mohammed ShaheenStanford Medical School, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Brennen T McManusSection of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Vieda LusaTampere University Hospital, Tampere 33520, Finland.
Kevin C ChungSection of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Teemu V KarjalainenDepartment of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere 33520, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5650-895X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to assess the benefits and harms of partial wrist fusion compared with placebo or sham surgery in adults with non-inflammatory osteoarthritis of the wrist. Secondary objectives are to assess the benefits and harms of surgery, including but not limited to, proximal row carpectomy, total wrist arthroplasty, and wrist denervation, compared with placebo or sham surgery, any non-surgical intervention, or other type of surgery.

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ArthrodesisOsteoarthritisWrist JointArthroplastyDenervationHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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PMID42318886
PMCPMC13281031

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