کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4066763 1604361 2015 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Predicting Radiographic Changes at the First Visit Following Operative Repair of Distal Radius Fractures
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی ارتوپدی، پزشکی ورزشی و توانبخشی
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Predicting Radiographic Changes at the First Visit Following Operative Repair of Distal Radius Fractures
چکیده انگلیسی

PurposeTo test the hypothesis that clinical assessment reliably identifies patients with radiographic changes (including loss of reduction, hardware failure, and hardware migration) at the initial visit following operative repair of distal radius fractures.MethodsWe identified 102 patients undergoing operative repair of distal radius fractures. Radiographs and clinical notes were reviewed.ResultsAt the initial postoperative visit, 11 patients had more than normal postoperative pain, 0 had deformity, 0 had crepitus with gentle motion, and 0 had instability at the fracture site on examination. These 11 patients were considered to have positive clinical assessments, but none had radiographic changes on x-rays taken that day. Three patients had negative clinical assessments but had radiographic changes noted at the initial postoperative visit. There were no additional radiographic changes between the series taken at the initial postoperative visit and series taken at later postoperative visits.ConclusionsThese data suggest that for purposes of detecting radiographic changes, radiography at the initial visit is helpful, whereas radiography at subsequent visits may not be. Radiography at subsequent visits may be useful to monitor bony healing, which we did not investigate.Type of study/level of evidenceDiagnostic IV.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of Hand Surgery - Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2015, Pages 49–56
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