The well-documented advantages of laparoscopic surgery include reduced hospital stay, early return to activity, decreased analgesic requirements and improved cosmesis. However, the results of this study suggest that incisional hernia rates are not decreased by laparoscopic surgery, although the hernias may be smaller and more amenable to repair by laparoscopic approaches.
This study reports a case of revision of a failed Swanson silastic interpositional wrist replacement to a Universal 2 (KMI Medical Inc., San Diego, CA, Jan 2009) total wrist arthroplasty, in a 68-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and pyrophosphate arthropathy. At the 2-year follow-up, the patient was pain-free and was able to perform all activities of daily living, documented by subjective assessment and objective scores. The disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand (DASH) scores improved from 98.3 preoperatively to 55.1 postoperatively. A failed Swanson silastic interpositional wrist replacement may be successfully revised to an uncemented primary wrist replacement with good functional results at early follow-up.
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