Rafael Bulyk Veiga, Renê Hobi, Ricardo Pereira Marot, Gustavo Zeni Schuroff, Roberto Luiz Sobania, Ivan Killing Kuhn, Ana Lucia Campos Faccioni
Objective: This study evaluated sociodemographic and radiographic features of patients with distal radial fractures treated at a trauma hospital in southern Brazil, comparing those treated by hand surgery specialists (group 1) and non-specialists (group 2). Methods: This study consists of a retrospective cohort of 200 patients treated in 2020. After reviewing medical records and radiographs, the following parameters were analyzed: age, gender, trauma mechanism, laterality, associated comorbidities and fractures, fracture classification (AO), radial height, radial inclination, and volar inclination...
February 2024: Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia