Table 2.
Summary of radiological and functional results
| Preoperative Mean (±SD) |
Postoperative Mean (±SD) |
Improvement (±SD) |
p value Student’s t test |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiographic measurements | ||||
| Volar tilt (°) | −22 (7) | 4 (6) | 26 (6) | p < 0.0001 |
| Radial inclination (°) | 16 (3) | 22 (3) | 7 (2) | p = 0.0002 |
| Radial height (mm) | 7 (3) | 14 (2) | 6 (5) | p < 0.0001 |
| Range of motion | ||||
| Wrist flexion (°) | 34 (16) | 71 (13) | p < 0.0001 | |
| Wrist extension (°) | 45 (20) | 67 (15) | p = 0.010 | |
| Forearm pronation (°) | 52 (16) | 85 (6) | p < 0.0001 | |
| Forearm supination (°) | 41 (19) | 80 (7) | p < 0.0001 | |
| Flexion–extension arc (°) | 79 (29) | 138 (21) | 59 (30) | p < 0.0001 |
| Pronation–supination arc (°) | 93 (32) | 165 (12) | 72 (33) | p < 0.0001 |
| Functional outcome scores | ||||
| Mayo wrist score | 92 (6) | |||
| q-DASH score | 10 (6) | |||
| Time to union | 13 (6) | |||