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. 2020 Jan 16;12(1):47–55. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-3401380

Table 4. Overview studies that include “patient-reported outcomes” after treatment of Essex-Lopresti injury.

Study Number of patients Mean follow-up (in months) Initial treatment radial head Initial treatment DRUJ Number of patients that underwent revision surgery Patient-reported outcome
Abbreviations: ORIF, open reduction internal fixation; DASH, disability of the arm, shoulder, and hand; DRUJ, distal radioulnar joint; IOM, interosseous membrane; VAS, visual analog scale.
Jungbluth et al (2006) 7 12 29 Radial head excision (3), radial head arthroplasty (8) Sauvé-Kapandji (3) 3 DASH = 55
Hii et al (2013) 29 1 6 Radial head ORIF Closed reduction 0 DASH = 44
Grassmann et al (2014) 5 12 59 Radial head ORIF (2), radial head arthroplasty (8) DRUJ pinning (12) 0 DASH = 20.5
Venouziou et al (2014) 3 7 33 Radial head arthroplasty (7) Ulna shortening osteotomy (5) 2 VAS pain = 3.3
Gaspar et al (2016) 23 10 35 Radial head ORIF (1), radial head excision (2), radial head arthroplasty (3) 10 (all underwent IOM reconstruction) DASH = 24
Schnetzke et al (2017) 10 31 64 Nonoperative (10), radial head ORIF (13), radial head excision (1), radial head arthroplasty (7) DRUJ pinning (16) 20 DASH = 29, VAS pain elbow = 2, VAS pain wrist = 2.4
Gaspar et al (2018) 24 33 131 Radial head ORIF (6), radial head excision (12), radial head arthroplasty (5) 33 (all underwent IOM reconstruction) DASH = 29.8