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Insufficiency Fracture of the Radial Diaphysis Following a Sauve-Kapandji Procedure for Osteoarthritis of the Distal Radioulnar Joint: A Case Report

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

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Correspondence to: Takuma Wakasugi, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital, 4-1-1, Ohtsuno, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki 300-0028, Japan. Tel: +81-29-830-3711, Fax: +81-29-823-1160

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Ritsuro Shirasaka

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

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Koji Fujita

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S2424835518720153Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The Sauve-Kapandji (SK) procedure for distal radioulnar joint osteoarthritis have complications including pain over the proximal ulnar stump, nonunion of the fused distal radioulnar joint, and less frequently, insufficiency fracture of the distal radius. We report a case of insufficiency fracture of the radial diaphysis as a rare complication of the SK procedure.

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