Long-Term Outcomes of Fractures of Both Bones of the Forearm

Abstract

Background: Previous studies identified limited impairment and disability several years after diaphyseal fractures of

A Comparıson of the Treatment Results of Open Reduction Internal Fixation and Intramedllary Nailing in Adult Forearm Diaphyseal Fractures

“…Greater soft tissue support in the radius makes correction of reduction and radial bowing more difficult. [21] There are two curvatures in the coronal and sagittal planes of the radius. [22] It is necessary to take these curvatures into account when preoperatively shaping the nails to appropriate IM anatomy.…”

Computerized Adaptive Testing of Psychological Factors

“…Some patients asked more about these aspects of their recovery and others accepted it without comment and we proceeded to the next step. For many patients with musculoskeletal conditions, improved mood and mindset are their best option to increase health and well-being 8,[10][11][12]18,36 . There is growing evidence that depression and ineffective coping strategies affect recovery from treatment as well, but as long as we only look at the percentage of ''successful'' results in uncontrolled studies, we may only be looking at the percentage of patients for whom our treatment gave permission to be healthy at least for a while (the placebo effect).…”

“…The relationship of symptoms and disability to pathophysiology is strongly mediated by psychosocial factors 4 . Indeed, such factors are usually stronger predictors of symptoms and disability than objective physical impairment [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] .…”

To “the outcome of patients sustaining a proximal femur fracture who suffer from alcohol dependency”

“…Letter to the Editor Disability after nondisplaced and minimally displaced radial head fractures: Misleading conclusions Smits and colleagues [1] assume that upper extremity symptoms and disability (DASH scores) an average of 3.8 years following nonoperative treatment of nondisplaced and minimally displaced radial head fractures relate directly to impairment resulting from that injury. In doing so, they ignore extensive evidence that symptoms and disability have limited correlation with pathophysiology and impairment and are most highly correlated with mood, coping strategies, and circumstances [2][3][4]. We know that nondisplaced and occult fractures of the radial head without associated ligament injury or other fractures result in minimal impairment, mostly a very slight loss of extension.…”