Can Total Wrist Arthroplasty Be an Option for Treatment of Highly Comminuted Distal Radius Fracture in Selected Patients? Preliminary Experience with Two Cases

<div>Case report 2 (preoperative and surgical procedures): (a) initial AP and lateral radiographs; (b) coronary and sagittal CT images after removal of external fixateur and percutaneous pinning demonstrating a step-off in the radial articular surface of 3 mm and widened scapholunate gap (<i>line</i>) with midcarpal OA (<i>arrow</i>); (c) intraoperative clinical photo after Maestro WRS insertion by using a scaphoid augment of the carpal component after complete scaphoid excision (<i>arrow</i>) and resected ulnar head (<i>arrow</i>); (d) intraoperative AP and lateral fluoroscopy showing correct position of implant and the leakage of cement from one fixateur pin-hole (<i>arrows</i>).</div>

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Figure 4: Can Total Wrist Arthroplasty Be an Option for Treatment of Highly Comminuted Distal Radius Fracture in Selected Patients? Preliminary Experience with Two Cases 

Figure 4 | Can Total Wrist Arthroplasty Be an Option for Treatment of Highly Comminuted Distal Radius Fracture in Selected Patients? Preliminary Experience with Two Cases 