Dome-shaped osteotomy for distal radius fracture malunions.
After having hinted to the various component of the malformity caused by malunions of the distal radius fracture, the various possibilities of correcting this deformity are described. The difficulty to correct all the components of the deformity are considered. Then a Dome-shaped osteotomy of the distal radius is described that allows to correct all the deformities in all the directions as the gliding plane of the osteotomy is spherical. The ulnar plus and the DRUJ alterations are corrected by means of an added Sauvé-Kapandji procedure that guarantees against any painful movement of the DRUJ preserving effective prono-supination.
Brunelli
Giorgio A
GA
The Foundation for Research on Spinal Cord Lesions Brescia, Italy. brunell.g@dracmanet.it