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Central Wrist Denervation

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The anatomy of the innervation of the central wrist joints is described, and related, primarily to arthritic and post-traumatic wrist pain. Nerve blocks of the appropriate nerves are described. The technical approaches to partial and total denervation of the central wrist joints are described and illustrated. The results of central wrist denervation are presented.

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    Used with permission of Elsevier from Braga-Silva et al. [40].

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    Used with permission of Elsevier from Simon et al. [41].

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Dellon, A.L. (2019). Central Wrist Denervation. In: Joint Denervation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05538-7_3

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