My research focuses on the clinical outcomes of total wrist implants in patients with severe degeneration of the wrist joint. For many years, hand surgeons have turned to total wrist fusion in treating degenerated wrists. Although effective in reducing pain, this technique fails to preserve motion and thereby reduces function of the wrist. Alternatively, total wrist implants both reduce pain and preserve motion and function of the wrist. The standard therapy for failed total wrist implants is conversion to total wrist fusion. Literature focusing on revisional surgery for failed wrist implants is scarce. Therefore, there seems to be a hiatus in the literature that my PhD research aims to address, ultimately providing clinicians with a larger therapy scope in (revisional) wrist implant surgery.

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