1. The writers wish to stress the importance of arthrodesis of the wrist for the improvement of function in disabilities arising from various paralytic conditions which affect the upper extremity. The operation has also been used successfully in the treatment of traumatic and infectious arthritis, particularly in cases of tuberculous origin.
2. This operative technique presents a method for securing rapid and certain fusion of the wrist with the use of grafts of cancellous bone from the ilium. Cancellous bone has advantages over compact bone.
3. An understanding of the surgical and functional anatomy of the wrist in performing arthrodesis of the wrist is important, because preservation of motion in the inferior radio-ulnar and carpometacarpal joints has functional value.