Remanipulation or external fixation after slipped Colles' fractures? An anatomical study.
A series of 50 consecutive patients with Colles' fractures which redisplaced after reduction underwent either remanipulation and a plaster cast or remanipulation and external fixation. The external fixator group achieved a significantly better anatomical result than simple remanipulation and replastering. Where plaster immobilization has failed, external fixation gives a better anatomical result than remanipulation and replastering.
Noordeen
M H
MH
University College, London, UK.
Lavy
C B
CB
Woodwards
R T
RT
D000328:Adult; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000601:surgery*; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence