title: Adult post-traumatic radioulnar synostosis.
abstract: Post-traumatic radioulnar synostosis is a rare complication of forearm fracture. Resulting in loss of forearm axial rotation, it is functionally very disabling. The surgical indication, timing of operation, surgical technique, interest and type of adjuvant treatment are all issues with which physicians managing radioulnar synostosis must deal. No therapeutic consensus yet exists, but a wide variety of surgical techniques and adjuvant treatments are suggested. A literature review sought to identify risk factors for synostosis, with a view to prevention and determining a suitable therapeutic attitude in the light of existing data.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic and Traumatologic Surgery Dept, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dohn
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khiami
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rolland
authors.forename: J-N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Goubier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013580:Synostosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications*