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

Hand Surg. 2013;18(3):399-402. doi: 10.1142/S0218810413720234.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bone Lengthening / methods*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Forearm / surgery*
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / methods*
  • Fractures, Comminuted / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Comminuted / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Radius / surgery
  • Radius Fractures / complications
  • Radius Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Radius Fractures / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ulna / surgery
  • Ulna Fractures / complications
  • Ulna Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Ulna Fractures / surgery*