%0 Journal Article
%T Distal Pole Resection of the Scaphoid for the Treatment of Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid Osteoarthritis
%A Daan Wessing
%A Marco J. P. F. Ritt
%A Merel J.-L. Berkhout
%A Yara Bachour
%J HAND
%@ 1558-9455
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1558944717735939
%X Background: Distal pole resection of the scaphoid is one of the surgical techniques applied for the treatment of painful scaphotrapeziotrapezoid osteoarthritis (STT-OA). Methods: In this retrospective study, we evaluated midterm outcomes in a consecutive series of patients who underwent distal pole resection of the scaphoid: 13 patients (15 wrists) with a mean follow-up of 4.1 years. We examined objective functional and patient-reported outcome measures. In addition, we assessed the degree of dorsal intercalated segment instability (DISI) and postoperative complications. Results: All patients scored within a normal range on objective functional and patient-reported outcome measures. We observed a mild postoperative DISI deformity with an average lunocapitate angle of 22กใ (range, 0กใ-44กใ), which did not correlate with pain scores. In the opposite wrists, with and without STT-OA, the average lunocapitate angle was 6กใ (range, 0กใ-20กใ). Conclusions: According to this study, midterm results for distal pole resection of the scaphoid are satisfactory
%K distal pole resection
%K scaphoid
%K scaphotrapeziotrapezoid osteoarthritis
%K STT osteoarthritis
%K scaphoid nonunion
%K midterm outcomes
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1558944717735939