Primary shortening of the forearm and Sauvé-Kapandji for severely comminuted fractures of the distal forearm in elderly patients: a case report.

Hand Surg

Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Regional Hospital of Tienen, Belgium , Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, University Hospital of Brussels, Belgium.

Published: June 2014

We report a case of an elderly female who sustained a severely comminuted distal radial and ulnar fracture, treated by shortening of the forearm, combined with a primary Sauvé-Kapandji procedure and volar plating of the distal radius.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218810413720234DOI Listing

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