While commonly referred to as a “broken wrist,” most wrist fractures are actually fractures of one or both of the two bones of the forearm, the radius and the ulna. A fracture of ... (open reduction ...

There is also documentation to support the use of external fixation ... distal radius fracture in patient in the 40s. A 7 mm shortening of the radius is seen and a 2 mm step on the joint surface in ...

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kagawa Rosai Hospital, ...

Because of this, in the absence of reliable data regarding the passage of fixation devices through the growth plate, most surgical techniques used for treating radius and ulna fractures are based on ...

comminuted fractures), and the fixation with nails may increase the risks to develop synostosis. Considering the relative stability of intramedullary nails and the risk of synostosis, their use for ...

The end of the radius is displaced or angled in the direction of the palm of the hand. It accounts for about 5% of all radial and ulnar fractures ... with internal fixation tools like metal ...

Radiographs showed fractures in the right distal radius and ulna, as well as the left mid-shaft radius and ulna. Under general anesthesia, open reduction and internal fixation were per-formed using ...

1 Department of Surgery, Ghana Police Hospital, Accra, Ghana. 2 Department of Surgery, St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana. The forearm comprises the radius and ulna; two parallel bones that connect ...

The radius and the ulna are bones in the forearm. Fractures, or breaks, of the radius and ulna are among the most common bone injuries. People may sometimes fall on their arms or use them to brace ...

A fracture of the ulnar styloid is a common type of wrist injury. This is a break at the end of the ulna, or the bony part of your wrist next to your pinky finger. This part of your wrist is also ...

A distal radius fracture can be isolated, which means no other fractures are involved. It can also occur along with a fracture of the distal ulna (the forearm bone on ... If there are multiple bone ...