Assessment of Pronator Quadratus Repair Integrity Following Volar Plate Fixation for Distal Radius Fractures: A Prospective Clinical Cohort Study

Swigart CR, Badon MA, Bruegel VL, et al (Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Univ of Massachusetts Med Ctr, Worcester; Univ of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington) J Hand Surg 37A:1868-1873, 2012^§

Abstract

Purpose

To assess prospectively the integrity of pronator quadratus (PQ) muscle repair following volar plate fixation of distal radius fractures and to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of durable versus failed repairs in 24 subjects. In addition, by grading the degree of PQ injury, an attempt was made to correlate failure of repair with the PQ injury severity.

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