Abstract
Distal radial fractures are very common in elderly persons. It is generally considered that manual reduction of this fracture is easy but is difficult to maintain the reduced position in the case of unstable type. Since January 1997, the authors have used an intramedullary bone cementing technique in order to treat unstable distal radial fractures in elderly patients. The number of the cases treated by this method was 13. The cases were classified as follows: (1) extra-articular Colles' fracture (2 cases), (2) intra-articular comminuted Colles' fracture (11 cases). At the follow up time, in the radiological findings, the values of radial tilt, radial inclination and ulnar variance were measured as 7.9±9.5°, 23.4+6.4°and 1.8+1.7°in respectively. According to Saito's demerit point system, 9 fractures were evaluated in excellent, 4 were in good, and no case was in fair or poor.
