University of Coimbra, Research Centre for Anthropology and Health, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology, Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal. Electronic address: sofiawas@antrop.uc.pt.
University of Coimbra, Research Centre for Anthropology and Health, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology, Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal.
Distal radius fractures are the third most frequent fractures in Germany. The decision for conservative treatment and the weighing up of surgical treatment need an exact consideration of the indicatio...
Forearm fractures are the most frequent long bone fractures in children. There have been many reports of differences in leg length due to overgrowth in lower extremity fractures. However, reports of s...
Retrospectively, between 2013 and 2022, 14 patients under 16 years of age (mean age 9.43 years; 10 boys, four girls) with unilateral radius shaft or metaphyseal fracture without physeal injury, and a ...
The mean follow-up period was 27.9 months (range, 13-53 months). Eight patients underwent cast treatment, and six patients underwent surgical treatment. The difference in ulnar variances between the u...
First, this study implies that the degree of angulation of the fracture may affect the overgrowth of the radius in case of radius shaft or metaphyseal fracture, without physeal injury. Second, it impl...
Level IV, Retrospective study....
The aim of surgical treatment is fracture healing with restored alignment, rotation, and joint surface. Stable fixation allows for functional postoperative aftercare....
Displaced intra- and extra-articular fractures which either could not be adequately reduced or in which a secondary displacement is to expected due to instability criteria. The following factors are c...
The only absolute contraindication is if the patient is deemed unfit for surgery due to concerns regarding anesthesia. Old age is a relative contraindication, as it is currently debated whether older ...
The surgical technique is guided by the fracture pattern. Palmar plating is most commonly performed. If the joint surface needs to be visualized, a dorsal approach (in combination with another approac...
In general, a functional postoperative regime can be carried out after plate fixation with mobilization without weightbearing. Short-term splinting can provide pain relief. Concomitant ligamentous inj...
Provided the fracture is reduced correctly, osteosynthesis improves functional outcome. The complication rate ranges between 9 and 15% with the most common complication being tendon irritation/rupture...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk factors for subsequent fractures after distal radius fracture (DRF)....
We retrospectively reviewed 705 patients with DRF who performed dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry within six months before or after the DRF and followed more than 12 months. We identified patients with...
Subsequent fractures occurred in 56 patients (7.9% of 705 patients) with 65 fractures at a mean time of 33.5 months after DRF. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, older age (OR 1.032; 95% CI...
This study demonstrated that older age, DM, previous fracture history and low hip BMD are the risk factors for subsequent fractures after DRF. Active glycemic control would have a role in patients wit...
To evaluate and classify carpal alignment in malunited fractures of the distal radius....
On standardized lateral radiographs of the involved wrist of 72 patients with a symptomatic extra-articular malunion of the distal radius, 43 with a dorsal and 29 with a palmar angulation, radius tilt...
With respect to the RL-angle, carpal malalignment was categorized as follows: type P with a RL-angle less than -12°, type K with a RL-angle between -12 and 10°, type A with a RL-angle more than 10°, b...
In this study four different types of carpal alignment in malunited extra-articular fractures of the distal radius were identified. Based on this data we suspect that type D carpal alignment in dorsal...
Distal radius fractures are among the most common fractures treated by orthopedic surgeons. Various classification systems have been described which can help in deciding the approach for fixation. In ...
Articular congruity is the most important prognostic factor when dealing with a distal intra-articular radius fracture or the correction of intra-articular malunion. This article details our approach ...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of distal radius fractures (DRFs) in patients undergoing multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) and their association with carpal and d...
This retrospective study analyzed 120 patients, who underwent MDCT for evaluation of DRFs. Two radiologists independently evaluated the data for various fracture characteristics and for associated car...
Out of 120 DRFs, 74 were complete articular, 40 were partial articular and only 6 were extra-articular. Displacement was present in 99 fractures and intra-articular step off was present in 73 fracture...
Majority of DRFs in patients referred for MDCT were complete articular with high incidence of displacement and intra-articular step off. Associated carpal bone and distal ulna fractures were not uncom...
Distal radius buckle fractures (DRBFx) represent nearly half of the pediatric wrist injuries. DRBFx are stable injury patterns that can typically be successfully managed with brief immobilization. The...
The POSNA Trauma Quality, Safety, and Value Initiative (QSVI) Committee developed a 20-question survey regarding the treatment of DRBFx in children. The survey was sent twice to all active and candida...
A total of 317 participants completed the survey (response rate=21.3%). In all, 69% of all respondents prefer to use a removable wrist splint, with 76% of those in practice <20 years preferring remova...
In 2020, the majority of respondents treat DRBFx with removable splints (69%) for 3 or fewer weeks (55%), minimal follow-up (85%), and no reimaging (64%). This marks a dramatic shift from the 2012 POS...
Level II....
Fractures of the distal radius are common. Closed reduction and moulded casting is often the first line treatment. Malunion after casting is not uncommon and can lead to discussion on acute surgical f...
We performed a single centre, age matched, case series comparison study, comparing outcomes of patients who had undergone early fixation (ORIF) versus those who had undergone late corrective osteotomy...
Twenty-six patients were available for review, 13 in each group. Fracture patterns were similar. Reviewing CO versus ORIF; patients achieved a mean DASH; 22 versus 18 (P = 0.355), PRWE; 35 versus 26 (...
Our findings suggest that patient measured outcome of corrective osteotomy is not inferior to early internal fixation....
III (Case Series Comparison)....
