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H Nagaya1, Y Saito, H Warashina
1The Okazaki Orthopaedic Hospital, 62-1 Konba Shinden-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-3174, Japan.
Abstract:
We treated a patient with a rare combination of ipsilateral fractures of the distal and proximal ends of the radius. A woman aged 52 years had simultaneous fractures of the distal and proximal ends of the radius (radial head and neck) after she fell from a high place. The fracture of the radial head was treated by open fixation with a cancellous bone screw, and the fractured distal end of the radius was treated by bone graft, with the subsequent application of an external fixator. At the 1-year follow up, the patient had minor residual limitation of forearm pronation and elbow joint extension, but she had no pain on movement, and had a good result based on Cooney's score (90 points).
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