Secondary forearm deformity due to injury to the distal ulnar physis.
We present a case of deformity of the forearm with painful functional limitation, after a fracture of the distal third of the radius associated with a nonapparent lesion of the distal physis of the ulna, Salter-Harris type V, suffered by a patient 6 years earlier. This fracture caused premature growth arrest in the bone. It was treated with a plane-oblique corrective osteotomy in the radius together with distal radio-ulnar arthrodesis, following the Sauvé-Kapandji technique, with excellent cosmetic and functional results.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital General Básico de la Axarquía, Vélez-Málaga, Spain.
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Collado-Torres
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Zamora-Navas
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de la Torre-Solis
D000293:Adolescent; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016916:Joint Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery