Abstract
We investigated the biomechanics of the radiocapitate joint after a proximal row carpectomy in six fresh-frozen cadaver wrists using super-low-pressure-sensitive film on a material testing system. The average pressure within the lunate fossa increased significantly from 23.2 to 136.4 N/cm(2) with a sharp decrease in the contact area from 2.08 to 0.30 cm(2) after a proximal row carpectomy. The cartilage of the proximal capitate had four sub-facets and therefore was not as smooth as the normal proximal lunate. We found that the wrist was overloaded after a proximal row carpectomy and the main cause was the anatomical mismatch of the radiocapitate articulation.
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