Distal radius fracture fixation in the elderly: does better form equal better function?

Complications of distal radius fracture fixation.

Surgery for wrist fractures in the elderly: for better form or better function?

satisfactory functional level, which may be crucial to elderly patients? Addressing these issues, various locking screws and implants are rapidly gaining popularity for these patients in certain regions. Such implants come with screws that directly engage the plate to create fixedangle bolts, thus offering better fixation in osteoporotic bone. Volar application of such locking implants can be u...

Distal ulna hook plate fixation for unstable distal ulna fracture associated with distal radius fracture.

The significance of distal ulna fractures is often undermined, which can result in inadequate treatment compared with fractures of the radius, the ulna's larger counterpart. However, little guidance exists in the current literature on how to manage distal ulna head or neck fractures and intra-articular ulna head fractures. Therefore, the purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the o...

Distal Radius Fracture Fixation With the Specialized Threaded Pin Device.

This study investigated the outcomes of extra-articular distal radius fractures and simple intra-articular radial styloid fractures stabilized with a novel threaded cannulated device. This was a retrospective study of 24 distal radius fractures treated with the T-Pin device (Union Surgical LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), with a minimum of 1 year of postoperative follow-up. Outcome data includ...

Distal radius nonunion after volar locking plate fixation of a distal radius fracture: a case report

We describe a 59-year-old man who had nonunion of a right distal radius fracture after volar locking plate fixation. He underwent open reduction and internal fixation with a volar locking plate system for a dorsally displaced, unstable distal radius fracture at a previous hospital 5 months ago. Radiographs of the injured wrist showed nonunion of the distal radius with 1.5-mm ulnar minus varianc...