What is wrist SLAC?
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What is wrist SLAC?
Scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) is a characteristic degenerative clinical wrist condition of progressive deformity, instability, and arthritis that affects the radiocarpal and mid-carpal joints of the wrist.
Is SLAC wrist painful?
SLAC stands for “scapho-lunate advanced collapse”. It is a painful condition of the wrist. The scaphoid and lunate are two small bones in the wrist held tightly together by a band of tissue called the scapholunate ligament.
What is four corner fusion in the wrist?
Four corner fusion, or partial wrist arthrodesis, is a procedure which involves resection/removal of the scaphoid bone and fixation of the remaining wrist bones with a plate or wires. The procedure is usually performed due to wrist arthritis or due to scaphoid collapse.
What is the ICD 10 code for SLAC wrist?
Keywords
| Synonyms | |
|---|---|
| Degenerative arthritis of the wrist Osteoarthritis of the wrist Post-traumatic arthritis of the wrist SLAC wrist SNAC wrist | |
| ICD-10 Codes | |
| M19.031 | Primary osteoarthrosis, right wrist |
| M19.032 | Primary osteoarthrosis, left wrist |
How many years does a wrist fusion last?
“Once healed, your wrist fusion should last forever and usually doesn’t require additional surgery besides possible hardware (plate) removal,” Dr. Dicke said. After six weeks, your cast is removed and replaced with a removable splint to wear another six to eight weeks.
Can you have a wrist replacement after a wrist fusion?
After wrist fusion, you aren’t able to move your joint at all. But with wrist arthroplasty, you can still move your joint after surgery.
Is a fused wrist a disability?
Advanced non-inflammatory arthritis of the wrist can lead to sig- nificant disability. Traditionally, the treatment for arthritis of the wrist which does not respond to either anti-inflammatory medi- cation, splintage, steroid injections and time, would be a total wrist fusion.
