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Treatment of Explosion-Type Distal Radius Fractures

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Arthroscopic Management of Distal Radius Fractures

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We have defined explosion-type distal radius fracture (DRF) as any fracture with more than four articular fragments, or in any case where there was a single, free (central) osteochondral fragment (Fig. 4.1). This group is more difficult to approach from an arthroscopy point of view, and has been considered as the “last frontier” [13, 14, 21, 28]. By the same token, in our opinion, it is the one that benefits the most from improving its dim prognosis as arthroscopy may allow to achieve anatomic reduction of the articular surface.

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del Piñal, F. (2010). Treatment of Explosion-Type Distal Radius Fractures. In: Piñal, F., Luchetti, R., Mathoulin, C. (eds) Arthroscopic Management of Distal Radius Fractures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05354-2_4

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