METHOD OF DISTAL RADIOULNAR FOREARM JOINT RECOVERY Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A61B17/56 

FIELD: medicine; orthopedics and traumatology.

SUBSTANCE: method of distal radioulnar joint recovery involves access to the joint, channel forming and autotendon drafting. Two lengthwise cuts are made at radial and ulnar forearm side at the level of radioulnar joint, ulna neck is bared. Two transverse channels, distal and proximal one, are drilled through distal ulna epimetaphysis at the frontal plane. End of free reinforced autotransplant is put through distal channel from radial to ulnar side of forearm. Then the transplant is looped around ulna neck and put through proximal channel in reverse direction. Ulna head is fixated in joint indent of ulna, transplant ends are pulled together, bound in nod and attached to the transplant. Ulnar bones are fixated in neutral position by two wires for 4 weeks.

EFFECT: recovery of ulna head dislocation displacement, prevention of instability in distal radioulnar joint, recovery of rotary forearm movement.

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