| Autor: |
Aufranc, Otto E., Jones, William N., Turner, Roderick H. |
| Zdroj: |
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; May 1966, Vol. 196 Issue: 9 p788-791, 4p |
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Dr. John Larkin: A 38-year-old white male laborer was involved in an automobile collision and was thrust against the instrument panel of his vehicle. The back of his wrist struck the panel and the patient reports that his wrist was palmar flexed forcibly at the time of his injury. He sustained a contusion of the scalp and a fractured wrist. Examination in the emergency ward at the Massachusetts General Hospital showed no evidence of brain damage or significant systemic injury. X-ray films showed a volar marginal fracture of the distal articular surface of the radius with anterior subluxation of the distal fragment and of the carpal bones (Fig 1). An axillary block was performed and reduction of the fracture was attempted. The wrist was positioned in 25° of wrist dorsiflexion and neutral forearm rotation, as is recommended in most standard fracture textbooks. Follow-up x-ray films showed persistent anterior subluxation of |
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