DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i08.039

Pages: 2820-2826

Comminuted fractures of the distal radius are common. A retrospective study was conducted in the department of orthopaedic trauma-A of university hospital Avicenne of Rabat on a six-year period between January 2010 and December 2016 involving 30 cases of comminuted fractures of the distal radius treated with distraction external fixator. The average age of our patients was 28 years old, all male, all of our patients had a wrist injury during a sports accident. The right side was affected in 88 % of cases. X-rays have objectified an articular fractures and/or comminuted without opening the skin, we adopted the Castaing classification stadifier for fractures of the distal radius. The treatment consisted of a bipolar distraction external fixator combined with a plug-in three patients, ablation of osteosynthesis material was carried out in 6 weeks, then physical therapy was started. After falling 21 months, our results were very satisfactory with good recovery of mobility of wrist and back of any sport.