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Masters Thesis | Orthopaedic Surgery | Egypt | Volume 12 Issue 2, February 2023
Outcome of External Fixator for Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fracture
Mohamed Safwat Hamza [2] | Nagy Ahmed Zaky Sabet | Ali Mohamed Abo Alfath | Sherif Abdelmonem Azizeldine Koubaisy
Abstract: Background: 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 predictor for good functional outcome, especially in the active patient. Objective: To evaluate the the treatment of intra-articular distal radius fractures by External fixator Ligamentotaxis. Patients and Methods: We conducted this study to evaluate the treatment of 30 patients with intra-articular distal radius submitted to external fixation attending at Soad kafafi Hospital. We used AO classification to classify the distal radial fractures and Mayo score for scoring the postoperative evaluation. Results: Regarding basic demographic data our results showed that the ages of the studied patients' group were ranging between 31 - 67 years old with mean ? SD: 48.9 ? 9.7 years. 17 patients were males (56.7%) with mean age 48.06 ? 9.76 years and 13 patients were females (43.3%) with mean age 50.0 ? 9.9 years. There was no statistically significant difference between males and males regarding their ages. Conclusion: External fixation still has a good share in many studies with good accepted results. External fixation is sometimes the method of choice in cases of poor skin conditions or open fractures or severely comminuted intraarticular fractures. External fixation doesn't permit wrist motion and wrist stiffness has been associated with this mode of treatment.
Keywords: Distal radius fractures, external fixation, volar locking plate
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 2, February 2023,
Pages: 1365 - 1371