Proximal row carpectomy may also be useful for wrist pain related to gout or pseudo gout; rheumatoid arthritis usually requires a more extensive or invasive treatment. Wrist fusion. If every wrist ...

Gout: Abrupt onset of a red, hot, swollen, painful joint, most often in big toe, but less frequently in the foot, ankle, knee, wrist, elbow or finger; usually confined to just one joint in early ...

Methods 30 patients with gout with (19 or 63.3%) or without (11 or 36.7%) previous arthritis of the wrist or hand were studied. Diagnosis was made on the basis of the ACR preliminary criteria (all ...