Treatment of colles' fracture in supination

Plaster cast fixation in supination was applied for treatment of 26 patients with Colles' fracture. In the first week of the treatment, the plaster was above elbow cast, then changed by a below elbow one for further 3 weeks. The patients were followed-up periodically until their fractures had united. The mean period of follow up was 6.5 months. The anatomical end result according to Lidstrom classification [195.9] showed Grade I in 18 patients, Grade II in 7 patients and only one patient of Grade III. The functional end result revealed that 80.76 of the cases had excellent result 7.7% good result and 11.54% had fair result