Effects of different treatment ways on wrist function for patients with ulnar styloid base fracture
ZHENG Xiao-yong
REN Xin-yu
ZHAO Dong-sheng
ZHANG Zhi
HUANG Ai-wen
MA Yuan-zheng
Abstract：Objective To investigate the effects of different treatment modalities on wrist function for pa-tients with ulnar styloid base fracture .Methods From Jan.2007 to Jun.2011,clinical data of 45 cases of ulnar styloid base fracture were randomly selected ,including 28 male patients and 17 female patients .These patients ’ age ranged from 23 to 65 years,with an average of 37.3 years.After open reduction and internal fixation for distal radi-us fracture ,15 patients were treated with open reduction and internal fixation for associated ulnar styloid base frac -ture,12 patients with cast immobilization and 18 patients with no special treatment .Gartland-Werley wrist function score was used to evaluate the clinical outcome .Results All patients had been followed up for 27.5 months (18-70 months ) . For Gartland-Werley wrist function score , 13 patients with open reduction and internal fixation (86.7%) got excellent result ,5 patients with cast immobilization (41.7%) got excellent result and 7 patients with no special treatment(38.9%) got excellent result.Conclusion Open reduction combined with internal fixation is an ideal treatment method for ulnar styloid base fracture .
Keywords：ulnar fractureinternal fixationwrist joint
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 14-16 )