Coronal translation of the forearm, proximal capitate, and ulnar styloid predict radial inclination in distal radius fractures in older female patients.

Aims: The aims of this study were to identify means to quantify coronal plane displacement associated with distal radius fractures (DRFs), and to understand their relationship to radial inclination (RI).

Methods: From posteroanterior digital radiographs of healed DRFs in 398 female patients aged 70 years or older, and 32 unfractured control wrists, the relationships of RI, quantifiably, to four linear measurements made perpendicular to reference distal radial shaft (DRS) and ulnar shaft (DUS) axes were analyzed: 1) DRS to radial aspect of ulnar head (DRS-U); 2) DUS to volar-ulnar corner of distal radius (DUS-R); 3) DRS to proximal capitate (DRS-PC); and 4) DRS to DUS (interaxis distance, IAD); and, qualitatively, to the distal ulnar fracture, and its intersection with the DUS axis.

Results: In the study (fracture) and control groups, respectively, the mean values were: RI, 17.

COVID-19: pivoting from in-person to virtual orthopedic surgical evaluation.

In March 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic necessitated substantial downscaling of office-based orthopedic surgical practice. To address the ongoing need for patient assessment, surgical practices pivoted from in-person appointments to a virtual platform. Patients ( = 1823), contacted by telephone (82%) or by video (18%), judged this new approach as excellent or very good in 71% of telephone contacts, and in 84% of those successfully inter-viewed by video.

Intrarater Reliability of Range of Motion Measurements of the Uninjured Wrist in Women After Distal Radius Fracture.

Purpose: To determine the intrarater reliability of serial wrist and forearm range of motion (ROM) measurements of the uninjured limb, by 1 evaluator using a standardized technique of measurement, in women who have sustained a distal radius fracture.

Methods: From December 2007 to December 2014, skeletally mature women who had sustained an isolated distal radius fracture routinely had sequential measurements of wrist extension and flexion as well as forearm supination and pronation in both their injured and their uninjured limbs, at a minimum of 3-week intervals. The senior author (G.