La consolidación de las fracturas diafisarias del radio en el adulto : resultados del tratamiento con osteosíntesis por autocompresión

The author s carried out an analysis of healing in shaft fractures of radius treated by compression bone plating (Bagby System). 30 patients treated in the Department of Orthopaedi c Surgery of "Hospital das Clínicas" (F.M.U.S.P.) betwee n 1975 and 1985 wer e includedin this study. 24 (80%) of patients wer e men and 6 (20%) women; average of age was 30.1 year s (rangel8-47). Bagby plate s with 4 and 6 screws (18 and 6 case s respectively) wer e used by the authors. Good results wer e obtained in 24 patients, fair in 4 cases of delayed union wer e observed. The average of healing was 9 week s (6-16). One patient showed dehiscenc e of the wound, and othe r allergic reaction to metal. Two patients had paresia of radial nerve resolved spontaneously. In three cases, showed local osteoporosis after the plat e wa s removed. No case s of refractur e wer e observed in this series.