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Isolated fractures of the ulnar shaft
- Source :
- Injury. 22(3)
- Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- In a prospective study from January 1985 to December 1987, 60 consecutive patients with isolated fractures of the shaft of the ulna were divided into two groups. In group I, 28 patients were treated with plaster-of-Paris cast splintage, while in group II, 32 patients were given an elastic crepe bandage support and were mobilized early. Average time to union in group I was 10.8 weeks while in group II it was 7.8 weeks. Two fractures in group I did not unite, whereas there was no case of non-union in group II. Isolated fractures of the ulna can be treated successfully with minimal support and early mobilization.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Adolescent
Crepe bandage
Group ii
Fracture Fixation
Elbow Joint
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
General Environmental Science
business.industry
Ulna
Ulnar Shaft
Bandages
Ulna Fractures
Surgery
Diaphysis
Casts, Surgical
medicine.anatomical_structure
Fractures, Ununited
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Upper limb
business
Bandage
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00201383
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Injury
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ace0a4866a7e4de73684d58ddcd0014f