W. Grechenig et al., DENERVATION OF THE RADIOCARPAL JOINT - A FOLLOW-UP-STUDY IN 22 PATIENTS, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 80B(3), 1998, pp. 504-507
Denervation surgery has been a mainstay of our management of chronic p
ain in the wrist, If there is useful movement at the wrist we prefer d
enervation to arthrodesis. We have reviewed 22 patients at a mean of 5
0 months after such denervation surgery at the wrist. This was the onl
y treatment in 16 patients; the other six also had other treatments. P
ain was reduced in 16 patients, and 17 were satisfied or improved. Non
e of the patients wished to have a supplementary arthrodesis. We stres
s the importance of preoperative blockade tests and of a very detailed
knowledge of the local anatomy.