DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURES IN PATIENTS OVER 60 YEARS OLD: ORTHOGONAL PLATES VERSUS VOLAR PLATE

Objective: To compare the results from surgical treatment between volar plates with angular stability and orthogonal plates in unstable distal radius fractures, in patients aged over 60 years. Methods: The patients were divided into two groups that were treated with volar plates or orthogonal plates...

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Autores principales: de França Bisneto, Edgard Novaes, de Paula, Emygdio José Leomil, de Resende, Marcelo Rosa, Júnior, Rames Mattar, Zumiotti, Arnaldo Valdir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27026969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30308-6
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Sumario:Objective: To compare the results from surgical treatment between volar plates with angular stability and orthogonal plates in unstable distal radius fractures, in patients aged over 60 years. Methods: The patients were divided into two groups that were treated with volar plates or orthogonal plates. Clinical and radiographic results were analyzed prospectively. Results: The study groups presented similar clinical and radiographic results six months after the operation. However, three months after the surgery, the volar plate group had superior results. Conclusion: Both group presented good functional results. Surgical treatment enabled early rehabilitation. The orthogonal plate technique required a longer learning curve, presented more complications and worse initial results.

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