Study on the importance of radial height restoration in type C distal radial fracture and related therapy / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the importance of radial height restoration in the type C distal radial fractures and selection of therapeutic method.Methods Sixty-one cases of type C distal radial fractures in the department of joint orthopedics and traumatic orthopedics of affiliated traumatic and orthopedic hospital of Guangzhou university of Chinese medicine from June 2013 to September 2015 were retrospectively analyzed, including 34 cases of C1 type,14 cases of C2 type and 13 cases of C3 type according to the AO/ASIF fracture classification, the cases were divided into the manual reduction and splint external fixation group (27 cases), external fixator group (18 cases) and plate screw internal fixation group (16 cases).The radial height, palm inclination angle, ulnar inclination angle and Gartland-Werley (G-W) score after treatment were compared among various groups.Results Fifty-eight cases were followed up.The radial height, ulnar inclination angle and G-W score had statistical difference among 3 groups (P0.05);the difference of radial height and ulnar inclination angle between the external fixator group and plate screw internal fixation group had no statistical significance (P>0.05), but there were statistically significant differences when these two groups were compared with the manual reduction and splint external fixation group respectively (P0.05) , but there were statistically significant differences when these two groups were compared with the the plate screw internal fixation group respectively (P<0.05).Conclusion The radial height restoration may better recovery ulnar inclination angle and improve the joint function.