Wrist replacement

I hurt my left wrist some years ago, and received several steroid injections. The surgeon now recommends a wrist replacement. Does this surgery work?

In general, pinning of single bone fracture does work, but major wrist replacement surgery is a complete failure. I think you should give it a serious thought are extremely poor. If you have a fractured wrist bone or a bone that has not healed, that is fine but anything other than that has yielded bad results. Wrist replacements have never worked well and most people are in severe pain with a stiff wrist. Please do not go for this surgery until you have spoken to another patient who has had wrist replacement surgery. Do not speak to another surgeon, as he/she is most likely to brag about their results.