title: Primary shortening of the forearm and Sauvé-Kapandji for severely comminuted fractures of the distal forearm in elderly patients: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of an elderly female who sustained a severely comminuted distal radial and ulnar fracture, treated by shortening of the forearm, combined with a primary Sauvé-Kapandji procedure and volar plating of the distal radius.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Regional Hospital of Tienen, Belgium , Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, University Hospital of Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Chul Ki
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Goorens
authors.forename: Ghislain
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Geurts
authors.forename: Jean F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Goubau
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001852:Bone Lengthening / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005542:Forearm / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014457:Ulna / Q000601:surgery; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*