OBJECTIVE To analyze the incidence of wrist ligament and cartilage associated fractures of the distal radius, through arthroscopy, correlating with AO/ASIF classification. METHODS Thirty patients aged between 20 and 50 years old, with closed fracture from groups B and C according to AO/ASIF classification were selected. All of them were submitted to wrist arthroscopy to address intra-articula...

BACKGROUND A 55 year old gentleman presented with tardy posterior interosseous nerve palsy associated with radial head fracture. CASE PRESENTATION The patient developed symptoms of wrist drop 24 hours after the injury whilst awaiting surgery for his Mason III radial head fracture. EMG studies confirmed the presence of a posterior interosseous nerve lesion. Open exploration revealed oedematous...

BACKGROUND A fracture of the distal radius is a commonly occurring fracture and accounts for a third of all fractures in the elderly. Thus far, one year estimates of pain and disability following a fracture of the distal radius have been reported on Canadian populations. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of pain and disability in a UK population one year post fractu...

BACKGROUND The results of clinical trials have suggested that the thiazolidinedione antidiabetic agents rosiglitazone and pioglitazone are associated with an increased risk of fractures, but such studies had limited power. The increased risk in these trials appeared to be limited to women and mainly involved fractures of the arm, wrist, hand, or foot: risk patterns that could not be readily exp...

INTRODUCTION Lunate fracture is a rare injury. Most reports are associated with other wrist injuries such as perilunate dislocation and distal radius fracture. Isolated lunate fracture has been reported even more rarely. The choice of treatment and outcomes are consequently undetermined. CASE PRESENTATION In this case report we will describe a lunate avulsion fracture as an isolated injury af...

FRAX(®) is a computer-based algorithm developed by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases in Sheffield (UK). This algorithm calculates fracture probability from easily obtained clinical risk factors in men and women: age, sex, body mass index and dichotomized variables comprising prior fragility fracture, parental history of hip fracture, current tobacco ...

As the scope of plastic surgical practice expands to include disorders of the carpus and wrist, it has become increasingly important for plastic surgeons to understand pathoanatomy that has not traditionally been considered an integral component of training. The Essex-Lopresti injury consists of a radial head fracture with associated injury to the forearm interosseus membrane and longitudinal i...

OBJECTIVES To compare the clinical effectiveness of Kirschner wire fixation with locking plate fixation for patients with a dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius. DESIGN A multicentre two arm parallel group assessor blind randomised controlled trial with 1:1 treatment allocation. SETTING 18 trauma centres in the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS 461 adults with a dorsally displaced ...

BACKGROUND For comminuted Rolando's fracture, external fixation with early mobilization is the treatment of choice however, there is controversy in this treatment. Low-profile or mini external fixator can be used, but expense and availability of this kind of implant in Thailand has resulted in using various techniques of surgery. The purpose of this retrospective study was to present the author...

SCAPHOID FRACTURES account for 71% of carpal bone fractures, and between 2% and 7% of all orthopaedic fractures (Nishihara 2000). This type of injury also accounts for one in every 10,000 attendances annually in UK emergency departments (EDs) (Tai and Ramachandran 2005). Between 5% and 12% of scaphoid fractures are related to other fractures (Malik et al 2010). The scaphoid is one of the eight ...