title: Osteosynthesis of distal radial fractures with a volar locking screw plate system.
abstract: We developed a locking screw plate system for the stabilisation of distal radial fractures, which can be inserted through a standard volar approach and in which the locking mechanism allows early post-operative mobilisation. Forty-nine patients with 50 fractures underwent surgical treatment; 66% were type C fractures. The mean follow-up was 26 months. According to the scores of Gartland and Werley and Green and O'Brien, 92% and 68% respectively had an excellent or good outcome; 46% were radiologically identical to the uninjured side and in 42% the reduction remained unchanged after 2 years. The most frequent complication was rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon, which occurred in six cases (12%) at a mean of 10 months after operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, Neunkirchen General Hospital, Peischingerstrasse 19, 2620 Neunkirchen, Austria. drobetz@sportchirurgie.at
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Drobetz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kutscha-Lissberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001860:Bone Plates; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*