Initial shortening and internal fixation in combination with a Sauve-Kapandji procedure for severely comminuted fractures of the distal radius in elderly patients

We identified 11 women with a mean age of 74 years (65 to 81) who sustained comminuted distal radial and ulnar fractures and were treated by volar plating and slight shortening of the radius combined with a primary Sauvé-Kapandji procedure. At a mean of 46 months (16 to 58), union of distal radial f...

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