Abstract
The authors followed up 20 patients with multiple diaphyseal fractures of the radius and ulna who were treated nonoperatively and who healed with axial deviation >5° in at least one plane 20.4±6.7 years after radiographic evidence of fracture union. Mean age at follow-up was 28.6±6.4 years. Radiographs were measured soon after reduction, at 10 days from reduction, at the end of treatment, and at follow-up (17/20). Both elbow and forearm range of motion (ROM) were compared with those of the contralateral side. At follow-up, ROM was normal and radiographs showed angular deviations <5°.
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A un recul moyen de 20.4±6.7 ans, les auteurs étudient 20 patients avec des fractures diaphysaires multiples du radius et du cubitus, traitées non-opérativement et qui avaient consolidé avec une déviation axiale de plus de 5° dans au moins un plan. L’âge moyen au recul était de 28.6±6.4 ans. Les radiographies étaient mesurées juste après la réduction,10 jours plus tard , à la fin du traitement et au dernier recul. La mobilité du coude et de l’avant-bras était comparée au côté opposé. Au recul les mobilités étaient normales et les radiographies montraient des déviations de moins de 5°.
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We thank Doctor P.M. Peters for his review of this work, Doctor A. Capurro for the translation and S. Panichi for his work with the archives.
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Boero, S., Michelis, M.B., Calevo, M.G. et al. Multiple forearm diaphyseal fracture: reduction and plaster cast control at the end of growth. International Orthopaedics (SICO 31, 807–810 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-006-0255-z
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