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14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT)

17.06. - 21.06.2019, Berlin

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Outcome of a constrained arthroplasty of the distal radioulnar joint

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  • presenting/speaker Ilse Degreef - University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • Verena Wijnen - University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. 14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT). Berlin, 17.-21.06.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocIFSSH19-316

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh1399, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh13997

Published: February 6, 2020

© 2020 Degreef et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Objectives/Interrogation: This study reports the results of 20 patients who have had a replacement of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ).

Methods: Between 2010 and 2018, 28 patients received an Aptis prosthesis. 20 out of these 28 patients were willing to undergo a final evaluation. We examened the functioal outcome and evaluated the DASH, PRWE and VAS score.

Results and Conclusions: The average results of these questionnaires were 33.5 for the DASH score, 38.7 for the PRWE and 4 for the VAS score. The mean flexion and extension were 68° and 57° respectively. The grip strenght recovered to 59% and pinch strenght even to 71% after surgery compaired to the non-operated side. One prosthesis was removed because of persistend pain and synovitis which brought our survival rate to 96.4%.

Since the introduction of this prosthesis good results. In our study we were able to find comparable results with high satisfaction rates.