J Korean Fract Soc.  2005 Jul;18(3):304-310. 10.12671/jkfs.2005.18.3.304.

Clinical Results after Percutaneous Surgical Treatment of Intra-articular Fracture of the Distal Radius

• Cha JR
• Ku JH
• Cho HL
• Kim JW
• Kim YD
• Park YI
• Hong SH

• KMID: 1905616
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2005.18.3.304

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical and radiologic results of percutaneous surgical treatment of the intra-articular fractures of the distal radius, we have compared the results of percutaneous pinning and the combination of percutaneous pinning with external fixation after closed reduction.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We analysed the results of 52 patients with intra-articular fracture who received the operative treatment with closed reduction in the period of June, 1995 to June, 2001 and also were in regular follow-up at least one year. We used the subjective analysis by Cole & Obletz and the objective analysis by Scheck.
RESULTS
We have found the outcome that 83.3% of percutaneous pinning were graded above "Good" in type B and C1 and 82.2% of the combination treatment of percutaneous pinning with external fixation were graded above "Good" in type C2 and C3.
CONCLUSION
The percutaneous pinning and external fixator after closed reduction in intra-articular fractures of the distal radius are considered useful to restore the articular congruity and make good clinical results.

Keyword

Distal radius; Intra-articular fracture; Percutaneous pinning; External fixation

MeSH Terms

External Fixators
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intra-Articular Fractures*
Radius*