SURGICAL TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC ARTHRITIS OF THE WRIST IN 9 CASES
Tarik El Mountassir*, Karim El Hammiri, Yassine Moubadi, Anass Lahlou, Moncef Boufettal, Reda Allah Bassir, Mohamed Kharmaz, Moulay Omar Lamrani and Mohamed Saleh Berrada
ABSTRACT
Osteoarthritis is a chronic, non-inflammatory process due to the degenerative cartilage. On the wrist, it is most often post-traumatic and concerns usually the peri-scaphoid region; they affect young subjects, often manual workers or sportsmen. The etiologies of osteoarthritis are dominated by carpal instability scapholunar and pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid. Evolutionary schemes constants of this osteoarthritis have been identified according to the etiology: These are the SLAC (Scapho-Lunate Advanced Collapse) and SNAC (Scaphoid Non Union Advanced Collapse). The classification of watson and ballet is the most used First row carpal resection (RPRC) and arthrodesis of the 4 bones internal procedures with scaphoidectomy are the most widely used procedures. We present the clinical observation of 9 patients their diagnostic and therapeutic management with review of the literature.
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