Abstract
The Sauvé-Kapandji procedure is a useful treatment option for osteoarthritis of the
distal radioulnar joint. Recent reports of a painful unstable proximal ulnar stump
prompted us to develop a method of stabilizing the proximal stump of the ulna during
the Sauvé-Kapandji procedure by using a half-slip of the extensor carpi ulnaris. Thirteen
osteoarthritic wrists (8 primary and 5 traumatic) in 8 men and 5 women with an average
age of 50 years were treated by this method. The length of the follow-up periods averaged
36 months. Pain improved in all patients after surgery but pain was elicited over
1 ulnar stump by direct pressure. Both pronation/supination and flexion/extension
had statistically significant improvement with the exception of flexion. Grip strength
improved in all wrists after surgery. Postoperative x-rays improved alignment in both
coronal and lateral planes. Stabilization of the proximal ulnar stump associated with
Sauvé-Kapandji procedure is a useful procedure to prevent an unstable ulnar stump
in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the distal radioulnar joint. (J Hand Surg 2000;25A:1080-1084.
Copyright © 2000 by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.)
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Publication history
Accepted:
July 12,
2000
Received:
February 23,
2000
Footnotes
*No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
**Reprint requests: Akio Minami, MD, Section of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Kita-15-Jo, Nishi-7-Chome, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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