First total wrist replacement with KinematX April 26, 2021 Sixty-nine-year-old Mark Eisen says he waited seven years for a surgery he hopes will change his life. Last week, he had the first total wrist replacement with KinematX, a new implant co-designed by Scott Wolfe, MD, chief emeritus of the Hand and Upper Extremity Service at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Dr. Wolfe performed the surgery on April 15. Severe arthritis in his right wrist caused ongoing pain and prevented Eisen, who lives in Atlanta, from engaging in activities he enjoys. He is right-handed, which makes it...