Clinical Comparison of the Application of Surgery and Plaster External Fixation for Unstable Distal Radius Fractures

Author:SHI Yu-ming, WANG Rong-sheng, HE Li-wen

affiliation:Department of Orthopedics, People's Hospital of Xinyi City, Maoming 525300, Guangdong Province, China

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Abstract

Objective To compare the clinical effect of surgical treatment of unstable distal radius fractures treated with external fixation and plaster external fixation. Methods Selection of unstable distal radius fractures in 300 patients, divided into operation group and plaster external fixation group with 150 cases in each, applied in the surgery group palm side approach, open reduction and plate screw fixation in the treatment, plaster external group was fixed with plaster external fixation, compared two groups of patients after clinical effect. Results The excellent rate of operation group was 90.7%, the excellent and good rate of plaster external fixation group was 72.7%, the difference was significant between two groups (P<0.05). Conclusion Compared with the plaster external fixation, surgical treatment of unstable distal radius fractures of the clinical effect is more significant, it is worth promoting.

【Keyword】Unstable Distal Radius Fractures; Surgery; Plaster External Fixation

【Chart number】R274.1

【Document Identification Number】A

【DOI】10.3969/j.issn.1009-3257.2017.01.027