Bilateral Distal Radius Fracture (wrist)
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
This patient came to us Iinitially after having a fall and sustaining a displaced fracture of the distal radius (wrist). She had surgical treatment of the fracture with bone grafting and internal fixation using a volar locking plate (image 1). 1 year later she fell and suffered nearly an identical fracture of the right wrist and returned to our care undergoing the identical procedure (image 2). She had a full restoration of motion and strength after recovery (image 3,4,5). The cosmetic result is quite good at 1 year and barely visible compared to the appearance at 6 weeks (image 6).
