Randomized trial assesses surgery benefits in adults with wrist osteoarthritis, suggesting focused evaluations are needed.
OBJECTIVES: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to assess the benefits and harms of partial wrist fusion compared with placebo or sham surgery in adults with non-inflammatory osteoarthritis of the wrist. Secondary objectives are to assess the benefits and harms of surgery, including but not limited to, proximal row carpectomy, total wrist arthroplasty, and wrist denervation, compared with placebo or sham surgery, any non-surgical intervention, or other type of surgery.
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