Table 1. Clinical Details of the Patients and the Results.
Case | Sex | Side | Age (yr) | Ulnar injury | Interval between injury and operation (month) | MUB (mm) | Location of MUB (%) | Follow-up (month) | Final Result* | Complications |
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Open reduction alone (Group 1) | ||||||||||
1 | M | R | 4 | Plastic | 1 | 3.3 | 40 | 60 | Good | |
2 | F | L | 6.3 | Plastic | 3 | 2.2 | 27 | 13 | Good | |
3 | F | L | 6 | Plastic | 2 | 2.6 | 36 | 12 | Good | |
4 | M | L | 8.2 | No | 1 | 0 | NA | 120 | Good | |
5 | F | L | 5 | Plastic | 1 | 3.7 | 35 | 18 | Good | |
Median | 6 | 1 | 3 | 35.5 | 18 | |||||
Open reduction and ulnar osteotomy (Group 2) | ||||||||||
6 | F | L | 4 | Plastic | 2 | 7 | 37 | 28 | Good | |
7 | M | R | 6.3 | Fracture | 2 | 3.6 | 53 | 69 | Good | |
8 | F | R | 6 | Fracture | 84 | 4.8 | 53 | 60 | Good | Cheilectomy |
9 | F | R | 8.2 | Fracture | 39 | 4.3 | 54 | 89 | Good | |
10 | M | R | 5 | Fracture | 79 | 11 | 62 | 78 | Good | |
11 | M | R | 4 | Fracture | 3 | 5 | 34 | 168 | Poor | Cubitus valgus |
12 | M | R | 6.3 | Plastic | 2 | 3.3 | 73 | 62 | Good | |
13 | M | R | 6 | Plastic | 12 | 4 | 38 | 20 | Good | |
14 | M | L | 8.2 | Plastic | 4 | 4.3 | 35 | 27 | Good | |
15 | F | L | 5 | Fracture | 36 | 2.5 | 72 | 24 | Good | |
16 | M | L | 4 | Fracture | 7 | 5 | 60 | 24 | Good | |
17 | F | R | 6.3 | Fracture | 26 | 6 | 46 | 14 | Good | |
18 | F | L | 6 | Fracture | 7 | 4.5 | 43 | 37 | Good | Delayed union |
19 | M | R | 13.4 | Fracture | 6 | 4 | 67 | 12 | Good | |
20 | F | R | 5.8 | Plastic | 2 | 4.5 | 46 | 36 | Good | |
21 | F | R | 9.3 | Fracture | 30 | 7 | 68 | 12 | Good | |
22 | M | R | 3.5 | Fracture | 6 | 5.6 | 42 | 14 | Good | Delayed union |
Median | 6 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 53 | 28 |
MUB, maximum ulnar bow; Plastic, plastic deformation.
*‘Good’ means complete reduction without osteolytic change and ‘Poor’ means radial head dislocation.