Beta
208099

Open Reduction and Internal Fixation with a Small T-plate for Volar Barton Fracture Management

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: One-sixth of all fractures in the emergency room are distal radius fractures. It is very important to recognize and adequately treat volar Barton fractures to avoid complication of malunion and its adverse effects. Although various fixation techniques have been described, with the plate, the patient can begin early active wrist workouts performing stable reduction. Objective: Open reduction and small T-plate internal fixation of a distal radius volar Barton fracture were used to evaluate the functional outcomes for the fracture treatment. Patients and Methods: At Zagazig University Hospital, 30 patients with a volar Barton fracture were studied in prospective interventional research, the study was carried out through six months. Preoperative X-ray and CT were done and the patient was prepared for surgery. By adopting an FCR technique (flexor carpi radialis approach), the fracture was reduced, the plate was fixed, and the image intensification was utilized for confirming the results. Results: Mean operative time was 54.1±8.47 and of 30 patients operated upon, 16 patients were discharged one day after operation while the mean time lapse before surgery was 1.3±0.53. The mean time of bone union was 6.5±0.89 weeks (range 5-8 weeks). There was a significant improvement in wrist range of motion in all directions postoperatively. 2 patients (6.7%) had superficial infection, 1 patient (3.3%) had tourniquet paralysis, 1 patient had stiffness (3.3%) and another had mal-united fracture (3.3%). Conclusion: Volar distal buttressing with the Ellis T plate is easy and inexpensive, and it delivers good functional benefits. Simplistic and low-complication procedure provides precise anatomical reduction of the fracture and restoration of the wrist's shape and function.  

DOI

10.21608/ejhm.2021.208099

Keywords

open reduction and internal fixation, Small T-plate, Volar Barton Fracture

Authors

First Name

Ahmed Magdy Mohamed

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

rotlk77@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Elsayed El Etewy

Last Name

Soudy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Waleed Mohamed

Last Name

Nafea

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed Hatem

Last Name

Farhan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Nagi Mohamed

Last Name

Fouda

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

85

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

28296

Issue Date

2021-10-01

Receive Date

2021-12-07

Publish Date

2021-10-01

Page Start

4,240

Page End

4,245

Print ISSN

1687-2002

Online ISSN

2090-7125

Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/article_208099.html

Detail API

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=208099

Order

130

Type

Original Article

Type Code

606

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

Publication Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Open Reduction and Internal Fixation with a Small T-plate for Volar Barton Fracture Management

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023