Cast-brace による Colles 骨折の治療

抄録

Twenty-seven patients with 28 comminuted Colles' fractures were treated with a cast-brace.
According to the classification by Gartland, these comminuted fractures were classified into group 11 (14 cases) and group III (14 cases). And then group III had been divided into group IIIa (10 cases) in which the displaced fragments of radial articular surface could been reduced and group IIIb (4 cases) in which these could not be reduced by closed manipulation.
The results were assesses both anatomically and functionally. The functional results were very commendable in comparison with the anatomical results, and then there were hardly any differences between group IIIa and group IIIb in the functional results. The results of this series reveal that cast-bracing is a useful method for Colles' fractures, especially in the group IIIb.