Manipulative reduction and splint fixation for the treatment of middle and lower segment fracture of ulnar and radius / 中国骨伤

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the outcome of manipulative reduction and splint fixation for treatment of middle and lower fractures of ulnar and radius.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty-eight patients with lower segment fractures of ulnar and radius included 46 male and 22 female, aged from 1 to 26 years. The course was from 10 min to 1 week. There were 39 cases in right and 29 in left; 45 in inferior segment and 23 in middle segment. All cases were closed fractures. According to fracture displacement, different methods of manipulation and splint or plaster splint fixation were used to reduction and fixation.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Sixty-eight patient were followed-up for 0.5 to 1 year (mean 8 months), the fractures were all healing. According to the effective evaluation criteria, the results were excellent in 57 cases, good in 11. X-ray film showed anatomic reduction in 38 cases, similar to anatomic reduction in 20, functional reduction in 10.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Manipulative reduction and splint fixation for the treatment of the ulnar and radial bone fractures is a method of simple, minimally invasive, effective and functional advantages of quick recovery.</p>