Kyung Wook Kim, Ji Hyeung Kim, Hyung Ryul Lim, Kee Jeong Bae, Yo Han Lee, Young Kwang Shin, Goo Hyun Baek
BACKGROUND: Although several techniques for the treatment of ulnar impaction syndrome (UIS) have been introduced, there have still been reports on various complications such as delayed union, nonunion, refracture, wrist pain, plate irritation, and chronic regional pain syndrome. This study aimed to compare the differences in radiological and clinical outcomes of patients in which intramedullary bone grafting was performed in addition to plate stabilization with those without additional bone grafting during ulnar shortening osteotomies (USOs)...
April 2024: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery