Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus arthritis of the wrist treated with arthrodesis using vascularized...

There have been few reports of vascularized fibular transfer for septic arthritis of the wrist. We report on a 52-year-old male who presented with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) arthritis of the wrist following a severe crush injury. We performed on this patient wrist arthrodesis using curettage of the lesion and vascularized fibular transfer with comparatively good results. Arthrodesis of the wrist using vascularized fibular transfer is useful for reconstructing bone destruction or defects accompanying intractable arthritis of the wrist such as caused by MRSA arthritis.