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Comparative Assessment of Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Smith and Colles Distal Radius Fractures.

Ortop Traumatol Rehabil

February 2018

Klinika Traumatologii i Ortopedii, Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny CSK MON, Warszawa, Polska / Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Military Institute of Medicine at Central Teaching Hospital of Ministry of National Defence, Warsaw, Poland.

Background: The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of surgical treatment of distal radial fractures following open reduction and fixation with an angle-stable plate in relation to the type of injury (flexion vs. extension fracture).

Material And Methods: A group of 25 patients with Colles fractures and 25 patients with Smith fractures treated surgically in the years 2012-2013 was analysed retrospectively.

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