Quality of Life After Volar Plate Fixation of Articular Fractures of the Distal Part of the Radius

Abstract

The results of the present single-center study show that, following distal radial fracture fixation, wrist arthritis may affect the patient's subjective well-being, as documented with the Short Form-36, without influencing the functional outcome. Well-designed longitudinal clinical trials are needed to confirm the findings of the present investigation in terms of quality of life after surgical treatment of intra-articular distal radial fractures.

Functional and radiological outcome in distal radius fractures treated with locking compression plate

“…The majority of the studies have used subjective tools for measuring quality of life, such as the Gartland and Werley calculation and the DASH calculation while others have given greater emphasis to the radiographic parameters obtained after surgical reduction of fractures of the distal extremity of the radius. [7][8][9][10] In present study patients evaluated functionally by Mayo score and radiologically by Lidstrom classification. The average age of the patients in our study was 42.8 years.…”

The impact of cancer and quality of life among long-term survivors of breast cancer in Austria

“…The SF-36 has been translated into German and validated in Austria [28,29]. The instrument is comprised of 36 questions in eight different domains.…”

Arthroscopic Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures

“…Grip strength was 78% of contralateral side and DASH score was 8.5. The report of 54 patients with intraarticular DRF and a mean age of 63 years by Gruber et al (2010) demonstrated 58 degrees of flexion, 57 degrees of extension, 83 degrees of pronation, 68 degrees of supination, grasping power was 71% of contralateral side at 6 years after surgery. DASH score was 5 points at 2 years follow up.…”