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R M Atkins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • algodystrophy is an early complication of Colles Fracture what are the implications
    Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 1997
    Co-Authors: J Field, R M Atkins
    Abstract:

    One hundred patients who had sustained a Colles' Fracture were observed for features of algodystrophy at 1, 5, 9 and 12 weeks following injury. The diagnosis of algodystrophy was possible as soon as 1 week after Fracture. Early diagnosis has important clinical implications: the aetiological factors may become apparent and different treatment modalities be identified; furthermore, early treatment can be started, limiting the morbidity of the condition. It is proposed that patients with features of algodystrophy require physiotherapy after a Colles' Fracture. Those without features may not.

  • features of algodystrophy after Colles Fracture
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume, 1990
    Co-Authors: R M Atkins, T Duckworth, J A Kanis
    Abstract:

    We report the results of a prospective study of the incidence of algodystrophy following Colles' Fracture in 60 patients, using sensitive or quantitative techniques for the assessment of each feature of the syndrome. Nine weeks after Fracture, 24 patients had evidence of vasomotor instability, 23 had significant tenderness of the fingers and 23 had lost finger movement. These three abnormalities were significantly associated (p less than 0.001). Swelling was also significantly associated with these three variables. There was no statistical association between the occurrence of algodystrophy and the patient's age or sex, the severity of the Fracture, the number of reductions performed or the adequacy of the reduction. We conclude that algodystrophy constitutes a precisely definable and quantifiable syndrome which is more common than has been suspected.

J Field - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • algodystrophy is an early complication of Colles Fracture what are the implications
    Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 1997
    Co-Authors: J Field, R M Atkins
    Abstract:

    One hundred patients who had sustained a Colles' Fracture were observed for features of algodystrophy at 1, 5, 9 and 12 weeks following injury. The diagnosis of algodystrophy was possible as soon as 1 week after Fracture. Early diagnosis has important clinical implications: the aetiological factors may become apparent and different treatment modalities be identified; furthermore, early treatment can be started, limiting the morbidity of the condition. It is proposed that patients with features of algodystrophy require physiotherapy after a Colles' Fracture. Those without features may not.

  • radiological measurement of radial shortening in Colles Fracture
    Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 1993
    Co-Authors: D Warwick, J Field, D Prothero, G C Bannister
    Abstract:

    Abstract 100 consecutive patients with Colles' Fracture were assessed functionally three months after the injury, and the result correlated with initial shortening of the radius. Three methods were used to measure radial shortening; only the one that measured the distance from distal radial to distal ulnar surfaces correlated with functional outcome. It is concluded that this is the most valid method of measurement and the deficiencies of the other methods are discussed.

G C Bannister - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • function ten years after Colles Fracture
    Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1993
    Co-Authors: D Warwick, Jeremy Field, David Prothero, Alan Gibson, G C Bannister
    Abstract:

    : There are no data in the literature concerning the outcome of Colles' Fracture beyond six years. One hundred consecutive patients with displaced Colles' Fractures were reviewed ten years after the injury. Function, radiographic anatomy, osteoarthrosis, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy (algodystrophy) were all objectively assessed. By the time of this review, 35 patients had died. Eighty-five percent of those surviving had a satisfactory outcome. Forty-two percent had improved functionally in ten years and 20% had deteriorated. Initial and ten-year radial shortening and early finger stiffness significantly correlated with final outcome. Dorsal angulation influenced early but not ten-year function. Sixty-two percent of those with an unsatisfactory result had objective features of reflex sympathetic dystrophy, compared with only 6% of those with a satisfactory result. Osteoarthrosis was found in 37%, but in only 4% was it associated with an unsatisfactory outcome.

  • radiological measurement of radial shortening in Colles Fracture
    Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 1993
    Co-Authors: D Warwick, J Field, D Prothero, G C Bannister
    Abstract:

    Abstract 100 consecutive patients with Colles' Fracture were assessed functionally three months after the injury, and the result correlated with initial shortening of the radius. Three methods were used to measure radial shortening; only the one that measured the distance from distal radial to distal ulnar surfaces correlated with functional outcome. It is concluded that this is the most valid method of measurement and the deficiencies of the other methods are discussed.