Fig. 1.

Anterior-to-posterior radiographs of a patient who underwent proximal row carpectomy for scapholunate advanced collapse arthritis in 1979 (a). Over the course of the next 24 months, the patient developed increasing pain in the wrist and deterioration within the head of the capitate (b and c). The proximal row carpectomy was converted to a silicone wrist prosthesis in 1980 (d). Compare part b with part e, which shows the radiocapitate joint in a patient some 15 years after proximal row carpectomy. Despite the advanced arthrosis, this patient did not request a revision procedure for his wrist function or wrist pain.