Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital; and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei. Received: 28 October 1999. Revised: 26 November 1999. Accepted: 1 February 2000. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Dr. Sheng-Mou Hou, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan Sout...

BACKGROUND Distal radius fracture is the most common fracture of the upper extremity, and approximately 60,000 distal radius fractures occur annually in Korea. Internal fixation with an anatomical volar locking plate is widely used in the treatment of unstable distal radius fractures. However, most of the currently used distal radius anatomical plate systems were designed based on the anatomica...

 Abstract  Background: Resection of the distal end of the radius is indicated in the treatment  of locally aggressive primary benign and malignant bone tumors. The aim of this study  was to evaluate the technique of osteoarticular allograft reconstruction of the distal radius after wide excision of a giant-cell tumor.  Methods: We analyzed 15 patients retrospectively who had reconstruction of t...

BACKGROUND Soft tissue injuries associated with distal radius fractures have been reported by some authors. Arthroscopy can be used to evaluate the condition of the articular surface and intracarpal soft tissues and as an aid to treatment. There are three intracarpal soft tissues of particular importance: the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC), the scapholunate interosseous ligament (SLIL...

Distal radius (Colles') fractures are a common fall-related injury in older adults and frequently result in long-term pain and reduced ability to perform activities of daily living. Because the occurrence of a fracture during a fall depends on both the strength of the bone and upon the kinematics and kinetics of the impact itself, we sought to understand how changes in bone mineral density (BMD...

We aimed to determine whether loss of volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and deterioration of microarchitecture imaged by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography at the distal radius/tibia provided additional information in fracture discrimination in postmenopausal women with recent hip fracture. This case-control study involved 24 postmenopausal Chinese women with unila...

Age-Although their ages ranged from five to thirteen years (average ten years), twenty-six of the children were aged nine years or older. Sex-There were eighteen boys and sixteen girls. Site of fracture-In seventeen cases the fracture was three to four millimetres distal to the epiphysial plate, representing a true fracture of the neck of the radius (Fig. 1). In seventeen cases the injury was a...