[Treatment of distal radius non-union in a three-stage procedure. Case report]. / Tratamiento de la seudoartrosis distal del radio en tres tiempos quirúrgicos. Reporte de un caso.

INTRODUCTION: Non-union of the distal radius is an infrequent entity. Recently, it has been identified more often and it has been speculated that external fixation and other techniques used to maintain radial length, may create defects that favor the non-union. In chronic injuries, residual deformity and retraction of tissues are difficulties for treatment. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 40-year-old male patient with a nonunion after a Frykman VIII distal radius fracture managed unsuccessfully with external fixation with a Green-type cast, and with one year of evolution showing a serious <