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Surgery for posttraumatic wrist deformity. Radial osteotomy and/or ulnar shortening in 16 Colles' fractures. 1994

L M Hove, and A O Mölster

Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.

16 patients with pain and impaired function after malunited fracture of the distal radius were treated with opening wedge lengthening osteotomy of the radius with bone grafting (12 cases), shortening osteotomy of the ulna (3 cases), or a combination of these methods (1 case), with or without reattachment of the triangular fibrocartilage complex. 4 patients had to be reoperated because of redislocation, resorption of the graft, fracture of the plate, or persistent non-union. At re-examination after a median of 4 years, all patients but 2 were improved by the procedure.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010027	Osteotomy	The surgical cutting of a bone. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Osteotomies
D001852	Bone Lengthening	Increase in the longest dimension of a bone to correct anatomical deficiencies, congenital, traumatic, or as a result of disease. The lengthening is not restricted to long bones. The usual surgical methods are internal fixation and distraction.	Lengthening, Bone
D003100	Colles' Fracture	Fracture of the lower end of the radius in which the lower fragment is displaced posteriorly.	Colles Fracture,Fracture, Colles'
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D014457	Ulna	The inner and longer bone of the FOREARM.	Semilunar Notch,Trochlear Notch,Ulnar Coronoid Process,Ulnar Trochlear Groove,Coronoid Process, Ulnar,Semilunar Notchs,Trochlear Groove, Ulnar,Trochlear Notchs,Ulnar Coronoid Processes,Ulnar Trochlear Grooves,Ulnas
D016025	Bone Transplantation	The grafting of bone from a donor site to a recipient site.	Grafting, Bone,Transplantation, Bone,Bone Grafting