The wrist in juvenile arthritis

J Hand Surg Br. 1991 Aug;16(3):293-304. doi: 10.1016/0266-7681(91)90057-u.

Abstract

Patients with juvenile arthritis affecting the wrist have been reviewed six months or more after treatment, which has included steroid injection, synovectomy, arthroplasty, arthrodesis and distraction lengthening of the ulna. The pattern of wrist involvement is described, the general management reviewed, and the indications, techniques and results of these various procedures are presented.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Juvenile / diagnostic imaging
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / therapy*
  • Arthrodesis
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intra-Articular
  • Joint Prosthesis / methods
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Silicone Elastomers
  • Triamcinolone / administration & dosage
  • Triamcinolone / therapeutic use
  • Wrist Joint*

Substances

  • Silicone Elastomers
  • Triamcinolone