Insufficiency Fracture of the Radial Diaphysis Following a Sauve-Kapandji Procedure for Osteoarthritis of the Distal Radioulnar Joint: A Case Report.

The Sauve-Kapandji (SK) procedure for distal radioulnar joint osteoarthritis have complications including pain over the proximal ulnar stump, nonunion of the fused distal radioulnar joint, and less frequently, insufficiency fracture of the distal radius. We report a case of insufficiency fracture of the radial diaphysis as a rare complication of the SK procedure.