Severely comminuted fractures of distal radius often lead to impairment of wrist function. A prospective study was performed on 30 patients aged between 35-65 years of extra-articular fractures of distal radius. All patients were treated with closed manipulation of the fracture an application of non-bridging (radio radial) external fixator under radiological control. At six months after the inj...

DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2011.01.001 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, F. Bourguiba University Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia (Hamdi MF) Corresponding author: Tel: 216-99-831-236 / 216-984 08 -3 86 , Fax: 21 6-73 -4 6 0-67 8, E m ai l: h am di. [email protected] 【Abstract】Volar perilunate fracture dislocation is an extremely rare carpal injury, but associated with metaca...

Distal radius bone fracture termed a volar Barton takes place when the ventral portion of is displaced. This happens obliquely within joint itself. case report 52-year-old female, who met with road traffic accident and injured her left wrist. After necessary investigation, she was diagnosed wrist without any neurological deficits. this, managed open reduction internal fixation plate osteosynthe...

a jam tiee sixteen days ago and hurt himself I found both ulna and radius of the left arm protruding to the extent of two inches through a sloughing wound on the back of the forearm just above the wrist-joint. The radius was broken transversely about % of an inch above the wrist-joint, and the ulna obliquely in the same situation. The tendons of the back of the arm, in the si'uation of the woun...

Injuries of the wrist are common among snowboarders and in-line skaters. Wrist protectors have been developed to protect against injury. Some studies support the use of such wrist protection, but others emphasize the fact that wrist protectors may transfer the injury to other locations in the forearm. We conducted a prospective, randomized, clinical study of 5,029 snowboarders, 2,515 in a brace...

Adolescent -girl gymnasts sustained stress fractures of the distal end of the radius i-n the wrist on which a rotational vault was performed. The history and clinical progress were typical of stress fractures. Spectacular displays of gymnastics, especially on television, have encouraged children to take up this sport. The young age of Olympic gymnasts has encouraged 10 to 14 year old children t...

Osteoporosis is a crippling disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by loss of bony tissue from the skeleton and deterioration of bone structure, and is associated with enhanced bone fragility and increased risk of fracture (Consensus Development Conference, 1991). Fragility fractures are most common at the wrist, spinal vertebrae and hip, although they can occur ...

One of the more difficult problems in wrist surgery is an injury to the ulna side of the wrist associated with a distal radius fracture. When should these be treated acutely and when do they resolve without the need for surgical intervention? The long term disability due to DRUJ problems is significant and includes pain, instability, loss of motion or any combination of the above. Importantly n...

Triquetral fractures are the second most common carpal fractures. Triquetral body fractures are the less common type of triquetral fractures but they can be missed on plain radiographs and a non-union can be associated with considerable morbidity and reduction in functional activities. We report a unique case of displaced isolated triquetral body fracture that was initially missed on plain radi...

If neglected or misdiagnosed, non-union of a scaphoid fracture will almost inevitably progress to radiographic and symptomatic osteoarthritis of the wrist with subsequent morbidity and lifelong disability, especially in young males in which the fracture is more common. Fractures of the scaphoid bone are the most common fractures of the carpus and second in occurrence among fractures of the wris...