A Clinical Study on the Fractures of the Hand: Factors influencing the results
10.4055/jkoa.1989.24.2.453
- Author:
Hyoun Oh CHO
;
Kyung Duk KWAK
;
Sung Do CHO
;
Yeo Chung YOON
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Fracture;
Phalangeal and metacarpal
- MeSH:
Carpal Bones;
Clinical Study;
Fractures, Comminuted;
Hand;
Humans;
Joints;
Tendon Injuries
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1989;24(2):453-461
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The author reviewed 148 cases of phalangeal and metacarpal fractures of the hand, excluding distal phalangeal and carpal bones, in 75 patients treated at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dong-Kang Hospital, from January, 1984 to December, 1987. We obtained the following results ; 1. Better results were obtained in younger patients, transveres or spiral fractures, and cases immobilized in MP joint flexion. 2. Factors that led to worse results included older age, comminuted fracture, wide displacement, intra articular fracture, associated tendon injury, intraarticular pin placement. 3.In case of K-wire fixation, dorsal placement of the wire revealed better result than volar one.