Background and objectives: Fracture of forearm bone are one of the most common injuries seen in day to day practice. The forearm, in combination with the proximal and distal radioulnar joints, allows pronation and supination movements that are important to all of us in the usual activities of daily living. The forearm serves an important role in upper extremity function, facilitating positioning the hand in space, thus helping to provide the upper extremity with its unique mobility. Exacting and decisive management is required after fractures of the shafts of the radius and ulna if function is to be restored. Results:The Limited contact dynamic compression plating of diaphyseal bones produced excellent Results, the advantages being early mobilization, rigid fixation and hence prevention of fracture disease. The only disadvantage is that it is more expensive than the DCP. Conclusions: The conclusion of our study was that Limited contact dynamic compression plate (LC-DCP) has a definite advantage over Dynamic compression plate (DCP) with respect to time to union and screw placement in comminuted fractures and in case of osteoporotic bone, but the complications, duration of surgery and surgical technique virtually remains unchanged.

Background and Objectives: Distal radius fracture is one of the most common injuries to the musculoskeletal system, which are managed both conservatively and surgically. There are pitfalls, advantages and disadvantages in each method. The individual fracture analysis determines the therapeutic options. The study was undertaken to compare the clinical and functional outcome of intra-articular fractures of distal end of radius with conservative management and surgical management. To infer the appropriate management by assessing the scope of conservative management in case of intra-articular fractures of distal end of radius. Methods: This is a prospective study of 80 cases of intra-articular distal radius fracture admitted to Sri Siddhartha medical college, hospital and research centre between February 2015 and March 2017 treated with either conservative or surgical methods (K-wire, External fixation and Plating). Functional and radiological outcomes were evaluated. Results: In our series of 80 patients, 48 were male and 32 were female. Most of the patients were between 20-30 years of age (Minimum 20, maximum 80 and mean 40.35 years). Most commonly the mode of injury, wrist involvement and fracture type were Road traffic accidents (45%), Right side (51.25%) and Frykman's type III (41.7%) and AO type C2.2 (19%) respectively. Conclusion: From this study, we conclude that surgical management is better than conservative in the treatment of intra-articular fractures of distal end of radius.