[Late functional results following replantation of a hand with resection of the proximal carpal row].

A total amputation through the proximal carpus is presented in a 10 year old boy. Replantation was performed following partial resection of the proximal carpal row with capsulorrhaphy, avoiding time-consuming osteosynthesis. The late result shows normal development of the hand and the preservation of wrist motion. For this reason conservation of the wrist joint especially in the growing skeleton should be preferred to a primary arthrodesis.