PALLIATIVE TREATMENT OF A WRIST METASTASIS BY RADIOCARPAL BRIDGING WITH A DYNAMIC CONDYLAR PLATE

Authors
WILLE J SCHEPEL JAC VELDERS GA BAST TJ VONRAMSORST B
Citation
J. Wille et al., PALLIATIVE TREATMENT OF A WRIST METASTASIS BY RADIOCARPAL BRIDGING WITH A DYNAMIC CONDYLAR PLATE, Der Unfallchirurg, 101(9), 1998, pp. 728-730
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Emergency Medicine & Critical Care",Orthopedics
Journal title
Der Unfallchirurg → ACNP
ISSN journal
01775537
Volume
101
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
728 - 730
Database
ISI
SICI code
0177-5537(1998)101:9<728:PTOAWM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The authors describe a patient with a wrist metastasis of a primary pu lmonary carcinoma. Palliative radiotherapy in combination with splinti ng failed to release the pain. He was then succesfully treated by radi ocarpal bridging with a dynamic condylar plate.