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Anatomy of distal radiusOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Among the fractures occurring on upper limb, those of distal radius are the most frequent, estimated as accounting for 16% of all skeletal fractures.
It is important to reconstruct the anatomy of the distal radius as good as possible, since anatomical reconstruction is a prerogative for good functional outcome, especially in the active patient.
In the last few years, studies on wrist biomechanics and on the instability of complex fractures conceptually established the advantages of the treatment with an external fixation.
So, we conducted this study to evaluate the treatment of 30 patients with distal radial fractures of the distal radius submitted to external fixation attending at Damietta hospitals.
We used frykman classification to classify the distal radial fractures and Mayo score for scoring the postoperative evaluation.
Thirty patients (29-57 years old) with a mean age of 28.6 years were treated. The follow-up had an average duration of 6-12 months.
The stability of the reduction and its maintenance were assured by the external fixation.
. With this technique the rehabilitation could be antecipated and began in the immediate postoperative period, thus favoring the mobilization.