[PDF] Top 20 Surgical Treatment of Unstable Distal Radius Fractures With a Volar Variable-Angle Locking Plate: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes

... of variable angle locking plates, there has been a decrease in the use of these additional methods of fix- ...of variable angle volar locking plates over ... See full document

... by volar fixed-angle plate fixation than those by cast immobilization [21], because unsatisfac- tory radiographic outcome in older patients did not necessarily translate into unsatisfactory ... See full document

... The treatment of distal radius fractures has developed greatly over recent years with a move towards treating these fractures by means of internal ...simple fractures of the ... See full document

... of treatment/management methods, examples being 1) plating systems involving new materials and/or new designs, such as variable- angle volar locking plate [32,33], a carbon ... See full document

... the radius and the other platform distal on the second metacarpal, offered by Synthes (code – ...the distal platforms that are ...following surgical technique: closed reduction of the fracture ... See full document

... in fractures with major joint ...of surgical intervention that is the most appropriate treatment for fractures of the distal radius in adults, superior functional and ... See full document

... may destabilize the wrist. Palmar fragments were often comminuted and impacted. Each fragment was identified, elevated, and reduced. As the palmar surface of the distal radius is originally flat, the ... See full document

... Patient’s co-morbidities and the repetitive minor trauma to her wrist might have contributed to the initial failed healing as well as the hardware failure. History of smoking, diabetes, obesity, and having an open ... See full document

... Metaphyseal fractures in osteoporotic bone are associated with specific fixation problems as the metaphyseal fragment is often very ...fracture treatment is fixation of the device to the bone as bone ... See full document

... of distal radius are among the commonest fractures of upper extremity, and it represents approximately one sixth of all fractures presented in emergency ...of distal radius ... See full document

... die-punch fractures, partially due to its infrequency ...compare clinical results of AO type C fractures with lunate facet involve- ment with those without lunate facet involve- ...period, ... See full document

... Implant biocompatibility is a major safety issue in ortho- paedic fracture care. Historically, there have been issues with materials that do not consist of certain metals or metal combinations [1]. Incompatibility may ... See full document

... with volar locking plate for treatment of distal radius fractures achieved an early recovery of function compared to those with ...The volar lock- ing plate ... 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

... thus distal placement of the plate is a factor for higher Soong ...the clinical outcome and has helped many surgeons avoid FPL rupture, although risk-free patients with Soong grade 1 or 2 surely ... See full document

... between treatment groups is unlikely to be important to ...secondary clinical outcomes show that there is no clinically relevant difference between the groups in terms of health related quality of ... See full document

... With respect to complications, we did not find a sig- nificant difference in the incidence rate, 34.5% in the EF group and 28.2% in the VLP group, both of which was in range of the reported figures [10, 18, 19, 26, 33]. ... See full document

... KAPANDJI 24 in 1987 published the results of intra focal pinning technique. JOHN RAYHACK introduced his technique of percutaneous pinning using K wires through subarticular surface of the distal radius to ... See full document

... lateral locking plate after euthy- phoria medial column reduction and fixation by the medial approach and ...increases surgical trauma due to the cutting of the deltoid ... See full document

... to demonstrate this. This is actually consistent with the findings of other studies [21,22]. It is likely that the fact that we assessed patients at a single time point long after their original surgery may have allowed ... See full document