Results of treatment of comminuted intra-articular fractures of the distal radius in young adults by external fixation

This study comprised a total of 37 patients with comminuted intra-articular fracture, classified according to AO classification into type C1,C2 and C3. All were treated by AO mini external fixator, aiming at evaluating both anatomical and functional outcome. Our results showed that type C3 fracture should be closely monitored as it has a high tendency to slip. The overall satisfactory result, which included both excellent and good grades, was 81.1% for the anatomical result and 78.4% for the functional result. We can conclude that anatomical reduction should be the goal to reach best functional outcome, depending on the quality of reduction