Effect of Capitolunate Positioning on Outcomes in Scaphoid Excision and 4-Bone Fusion Patients.

Cameron L HallihanRobert J GoitzRobert A KaufmannJohn R Fowler

Published in: Hand (New York, N.Y.) (2023)

In patients undergoing 4BF, those who had the lunate aligned to completely cover the capitate head had improved wrist extension and pain compared with patients where the capitate head was left partially uncovered. Capitolunate angle was not predictive of postsurgical outcomes.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
patients undergoing
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
chronic pain
patient reported outcomes
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spinal cord injury
bone mineral density