shortening and internal fixation in combination with a Sauvé-Kapandji procedure for severely comminuted fractures of the distal radius in elderly patients

Distal Radius, Distal Radioulnar Joint and Forearm


Initial shortening and internal fixation in combination with a Sauvé-Kapandji procedure for severely comminuted fractures of the distal radius in elderly patients


Arora R, Gabl M, Pechlaner S, et al (Med Univ Innsbruck, Austria) J Bone Joint Surg Br 92-B:1558-1562, 2010§



T.D. Rozental, MD



Evidence Ranking


• D



Expert Rating


• 1



Abstract


We identified 11 women with a mean age of 74 years (65 to 81) who sustained comminuted distal radial and ulnar fractures and were treated by volar plating and slight shortening of the radius combined with a primary Sauvé-Kapandji procedure.

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