Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10083262 | The Journal of Hand Surgery | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We present 2 cases of symptomatic nondissociative dorsal intercalated segment instability (CIND-DISI) collapse after trapeziectomy and partial trapezoidectomy for pantrapezial arthritis. Preoperative radiographs showed normal carpal alignment in 1 case and a mild DISI alignment in the other. After surgery both developed increased CIND-DISI and carpal symptoms that differed from their original thumb-base problems. One required carpal realignment and fusion; to date the other has responded to nonsurgical treatment. Such problems may be recognized insufficiently by surgeons and thus may be more common than the current literature suggests.
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Authors
Joseph P. MD, David P. MD, James H. MD,