Percutaneous reduction of displaced radial neck fractures.
Twenty patients with acute, displaced, radial neck fractures were treated by percutaneous reduction with a periosteal elevator. In all cases acceptable radiographic reduction was achieved, and the reduction position was maintained on serial x-ray examinations with a mean observation period of 3 years. Clinical results were satisfactory in all but one case with slightly limited elbow extension.
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Department of Orthopaedics, Kitasato University East Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
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D000328:Adult; D001864:Bone Wires; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology