Closed reduction and intramedullary fixation using Kirchner wires and plate osteosynthesis in the treatment of fractures of distal end of fifth metacarpal bone
2016
Abstract
The aim of the study was to compare the therapeutic results of closed reduction with intramedullary stabilization using Kirschner wires and fixation with locking plates in the treatment of fractures of the distal part of the fifth metacarpal bone. In the treatment of fifth metacarpal head fracture end neek, the advantage of plate osteosynthesis is the ability to achieve precise anatomic reduction, which is the basis for good functional outcome.
During the stabilization by Kirchner wires healing in rotational malposition of the peripheral fragment may occur more frequently since this deviation is not evaluable on X-rays.