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WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE MECHANISM OF THE ACCOMPANYING FRACTURE OF THE ULNAR STYLOID: A REPORT OF ONE HUNDRED CONSECUTIVE CASES

LOUIS CARP, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1932;24(1):1-13.

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This study was undertaken to show: (1) the usual roentgenologic displacements in Colles' fracture with an accompanying fracture of the styloid process of the ulna and the practical therapeutic value of such information, and (2) the probable mechanism of fracture of the ulnar styloid. According to Schinz,¹ this fracture occurs in 58 per cent of all Colles' fractures.

A study of the table will demonstrate the most frequent positions of the lower radial fragment (Darrach²) in this series of cases, as follows:

From these statistics it may be inferred that, generally speaking, Colles' fractures with accompanying ulnar styloid fractures have enough roentgenologic displacements to warrant their reduction. Experience has taught that lack of gross deformity does not necessarily mean a lack of roentgenologic displacement. Since, in Colles' fracture in particular, roentgenologic fragment reduction of the radius is so important in the majority of cases for production of good . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Fracture Clinic of Dr. William Darrach, the Presbyterian Hospital, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

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Submitted for publication, Feb. 24, 1931.

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