A scintimetric study of Colles' fracture. Comparison between cementation and closed treatment.
In order to study whether bone cement (methylmethacrylate) inserted in the medullary cavity of redisplaced Colles' fractures to fill the dorsal defect arising after repeat reduction is an obstacle to bony union, the course of healing was monitored by scintimetry in fractures thus treated (n = 10), in fractures treated by external fixation (n = 10), and in undisplaced fractures immobilized in a plaster cast. No differences emerged between the three groups. It is therefore assumed that the insertion of bone cement does not disturb the healing process.
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Department of Orthopaedics, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014945:Wound Healing
D001843:Bone Cements; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate