Reconstructive Surgery of the Wrist Joint

Total Wrist Fusion: A Study of 115 Patients

“…Robinson and Kayfetz (1952) used a one-screw technique and a multiscrew technique was developed from this to stabilize a dorsal cortical bone graft (Hazewinkel, 1962;Ross, 1950;Salenius, 1966). Benkeddache et al (1984) used staples without an intramedullar pin, while Meuli (1972) used a nine-hole plate, which ran from the index metacarpal bone to the radius, in combination with an iliac bone graft. The dynamic compression plate (8 holes, 3.5 mm in thickness) became available in the early 1980s (Heim and Pfeiffer, 1982) and good results have been obtained with self-reinforcing polylevolactic acid (SR-PLLA) rods (Voutilainen et al, 2001).…”

Total wrist arthroplasty: A review

“…In order to avoid some of these problems and improve longevity a number of different designs appeared. The Mueli [5,6] and Volz [7] prostheses were developed in the 1970s and were designed with distal prongs that crossed the carpometacarpal joints and inserted into the metacarpals. This was also the case with the 'CFV' (Clayton, Ferlic and Volz) [8] and Trispherical implants.…”

Rheumatoid arthritis of the hand and wrist

“…In 1971 Meuli et al introduced a nine-hole plate for wrist fusion; 45 Heim and Pfeffier used a 3.5 mm dynamic compression plate. 46 Currently a straight or precontoured limited contact dynamic compression plate, with 3.5 mm screws proximally and 2.7 mm screws distally is used.…”