Biomechanics of plastic splint on the treatment of Colles fracture / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To evaluate the clinical effect of the plastic splint on treatment of Colles fracture.[Method]A total of 105 patients with Colles fracture were collected between September 2002 and August 2008.All patients were perfromed using the plastic splint afrer diaplasis.According to Gartland and Werley scoring syste,the function of wrist was evaluated after 3 months.[Result]There are only 2 cases losing during treatment,103 cases were finished.The average excellent to good case was 90.3%,including 80 cases of being excellent,13 of being good,7 of being fair and 3 of being poor.[Conclusion]The plastic splint is exactly effective to treatment Colles fracture,especially,it could effectively relieve swelling and improve the contour of the wrists.Theses all rely on reasonable biomechanics design.