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Silicone rubber implants for the replacement of the carpal scaphoid and lunate bones.

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A new type of replacement arthroplasty of the scaphoid and lunate carpal bones with silicone rubber implants is presented in this article, where indications for their use and the technique for their insertion are discussed.
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This article is published in Orthopedic Clinics of North America.The article was published on 1970-11-01. It has received 103 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lunate & Carpal bones.

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The SLAC wrist : Scapholunate advanced collapse pattern of degenerative arthritis

TL;DR: Four thousand wrist x-ray films were reviewed to establish the pattern of sequential changes in degenerative arthritis of the wrist, and Flexion-extension and radial-ulnar deviation motions showed considerable improvement after the operation.
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Degenerative change in symptomatic scaphoid nonunion

TL;DR: A retrospective radiographic analysis of 64 patients with symptomatic scaphoid nonunions without previous surgical treatment showed a high frequency of degenerative changes occurring in a predictable sequence and Instability was progressive and associated with an earlier onset of arthritis.
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Reactive synovitis after silicone arthroplasty.

TL;DR: Patients who have had silicone arthroplasties should be followed indefinitely, at regular intervals, by x-ray films and clinical examination.
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An approach to Kienböck's disease: triscaphe arthrodesis.

TL;DR: It is believed that triscaphe arthrodesis with a silicone rubber lunate provides a means for load transference and heavy stress use capability of the hand.
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Kienböck's disease--update on silicone replacement arthroplasty

TL;DR: In a previous paper, early lunate silicone replacement arthroplasty for Kienbock's disease was advocated because of poor results obtained in stage III disease, and an additional 16 patients have been operated on, and 12 underwent successful SRA.
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Excision of the carpal scaphoid for ununited fracture

TL;DR: The results are least satisfactory when there is clinical evidence of arthritis on the dorsal aspect of the wrist, or subluxation of the os magnum and semilunar, or in other cases good results usually can be expected.
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The acrylic scaphoid prosthesis in the treatment of the ununited carpal scaphoid fracture.

TL;DR: In this article, the Acrylic Scaphoid Prosthesis in the Treatment of the Ununited Carpal Saphoid Fracture (USSCF) is described. But this is not the case in this paper.
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