Total Wrist Arthroplasty

Results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting showed total wrist arthroplasty may supplant total wrist fusion as the gold standard treatment for older patients with OA.

Historically, patients with rheumatoid arthritis were considered ideal candidates for total wrist arthroplasty because of profound bone destruction, debilitating pain and a relatively low activity level.

Traditionally, wrist fusion has been the gold standard for pan-carpal wrist arthritis due to low complication rates, pain relief and durability.