Fractures of the bilateral distal radius and scaphoid: a case report

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Fractures of the bilateral distal radius and scaphoid: a case report

Korhan Ozkan , Ender Ugutmen , Koray Unay , Oğuz Poyanli , Melih Guven and Abdullah Eren

Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey

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Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:93doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-93


Published:	29 March 2008

Abstract

Introduction

Bilateral fractures of the distal radius and scaphoid are extremely rare injuries.

Case presentation

A patient with bilateral comminuted, displaced distal fractures of the radius and bilateral fractures of the scaphoid was treated via internal fixation of the scaphoid fractures with Herbert screws and internal fixation of the distal radius fractures with locked volar plating.

Conclusion

Rigid internal fixation of distal radius and scaphoid fractures is mandatory to start early active rehabilitation of the wrist without the need for wrist immobilization with a plaster or external skeletal fixation.