Wrist Function 1 Year After Complicated Distal Radius Fracture

Distal Radius Fracture in a Surgeon's Dominant Wrist

Economic Analysis of Bisphosphonate Use after Distal Radius Fracture for Prevention of Hip Fracture

Background: Osteoporosis is a common condition among the elderly population, and is associated with an increased risk of fracture. One of the most common fragility fractures involve the distal radius, and are associated with risk of subsequent fragility fracture. Early treatment with bisphosphonates has been suggested to decrease the population hip fracture burden. However, there have been no p...

Static progressive splinting to improve wrist stiffness after distal radius fracture: a prospective, case series study.

This is the first prospective consecutive case series study that has examined the effectiveness of static progressive splinting in the management of persistent wrist stiffness following distal radius fracture. Eight patients, seven females and one male with a median age of 49 years (range, 43-56 years), participated in the study. Median time from surgical intervention to splint initiation was 7...

Similar 1-year subjective outcome after a distal radius fracture during the 10-year-period 2003–2012

Background and purpose - During the last decades, treatment of distal radius fractures (DRFs) has changed, with surgical intervention being more common and with new techniques. We investigated whether this change has influenced the subjective outcome. Here we report, year by year, the 1-year score after a DRF over a 10-year-period, using a patient-reported outcome measure. Patients and methods ...

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...