[PDF] Top 20 Original Article Results of type C fractures of distal radius treated by volar locking plate (VLP), an observational comparative study

... classical type of die-punch fracture that frac- ture fragments are impacted longitudinally and separated from the lunate facet, periosteum elevator is introduced into the longitudinal ... See full document

... and locking screw/ hole allowed securing the small fragments and provided better ...or VLP was applied for treatment of AO type C unstable distal radius frac- tures [26, ... See full document

... this study, it was shown that open injury and AO type C fracture were independently associated with these ...of distal radius fractures treated by VLP and found ... See full document

... die-punch fractures necessitate the open reduction and locking plate/screws fixation via volar or dorsal ...non-locking plate/screws, wrist arthroscopy, intramedullary fixation, ... See full document

... maintain fractures reduction and make for bone healing ...lock plate, the stability of osteoporotic fractures was improved greatly, and volar DRF surgical techniques were also increasingly ... See full document

... retrospective study compared the outcomes of open reduction and internal fixation with locked volar plating with closed reduction and bridging external fixation and percutaneous K wire fixation of unstable ... See full document

... Previous study indicated that in patients sixty- five years of age or older, surgery could not give any improvement in terms of the range of motion, PRWE and DASH scores ...included study reported outcomes ... See full document

... The original plates had round ...Compression Plate (Fig.9) (DCP was introduced in 1969 and was the standard AO plate until a few years ...hole results in movement of the bone ... See full document

... simple fractures, locking plate seems to be appropriate for complicated frac- tures, especially when closed reduction is not possible ...a study in which radiographic and functional outcomes ... See full document

... tal radius nonunion ...tibial fractures [8]. In a monozygotic twin discordant tobacco use study, Hopper and Seeman discovered a 5% to 10% bone density deficit in patients who smoked compared with ... See full document

... a volar locking plate has becoming increasingly popular in the treatment of distal radius fractures [1, ...However, volar locking plate fixation is expen- ... See full document

... and plate fixation for distal radius requires wide exposure of the fracture site with stripping of the soft tissues which may devascularize the fracture fragments ...invasive plate ... See full document

... the volar cortex result in volar and dorsal cortical bone ...of distal end of radius with respect of the radial diaphysis, a dorsal displacement fracture ...of distal radius ... See full document

... Fixed-angle volar plates can adequately stabilize artic- ular fragments and both volar and dorsal comminution, even in osteoporotic bone [8, ...the plate, with screws and pins placed in the ... See full document

... Angle Locking Compression Plate Distal Radius System (VA-LCP, Synthes, Switzerland) were respectively 90, 70, and 54 mm in length and 20, 18, and 22 mm in ...outer radius, and inner ... See full document

... PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON SHORT TERM ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL, RADIOLOGICAL & FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF TYPE B & TYPE C DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE WITH VOLAR ... See full document

... All fractures united at the three months ...mean volar tilt of 3.4°. The radial inclination and volar tilt did not show any significant change from surgery to final ...19 type B and C ... See full document

... and locking plate fixation are inherent in the design of the implants, there are several different implant systems and several different options for the positioning of wires and screws; the details of the ... See full document

... osteotomy. Plate breakages seem to occur in the vicinity of unfilled screw holes, adjacent to the fracture or osteotomy site [1–4, ...A locking mecha- nism on the screws implies that they cannot loosen out ... See full document

... Therefore, distal screw length has to be determined prior to ...any study assessing screw length ...First, radius width (measured from pa radio- graphs) correlates to radius depth, ...i.e. ... See full document