Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (4): 631-636.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.04.024

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Plate fixation and small splint for intraarticular fracture of distal radius: comparison of curative effects

Huang Hai-jing1, Wen Jian-min2   

  1. 1Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, China; 2Department of Orthopedics, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100102, China
  • Revised:2013-10-22 Online:2014-01-22 Published:2014-01-22
  • Contact: Wen Jian-min, Department of Orthopedics, Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100102, China
  • About author:Huang Hai-jing, M.D., Associate chief physician, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, China
  • Supported by:

    the 48th batch Post-doctoral Science Foundation (General Program) of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 20100480428

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: At present, there are many clinical trials concerning plate fixation and small splint for distal radius fracture, but there is lack of systemic evaluation.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the curative effect of the plate fixation and small splint in the treatment of intraarticular fractures of the distal radius.
METHODS: We retrieved the Chinese biomedical database (1979-2008), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (1979–2008), VIP database (1989-2008) and Wanfang Digital Periodical Group (1998-2008). Of them, China National Knowledge Infrastructure contained Chinese periodical databases, important meeting full-text databases, and Master-Doctor thesis database. Foreign databases included PubMed (1966-2008), EMbase (1980–2008) and the Cochrane Library (2008, 4th). The full text that could access was supplemented by manual search back issues of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University Library repository. Clinical randomized controlled trials addressing plate fixation with small splint in the treatment of intraarticular distal radius fractures were collected. The data were extracted independent by two evaluators and methodological quality assessment was performed. According to the search strategy and data collection methods, 363 English articles and 488 Chinese articles were found, including 401 periodical literatures, 79 conference proceedings, and 8 theses. After reading title, abstract, full text, 12 articles met the inclusion criteria. Meta analysis was conducted with RevMan 5.0.20 software provided by the Cochrane Collaboration Network.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The evaluation of this system involves locking compression plate, normal internal fixation with plate, small splints and plaster external fixation methods. Meta analysis of the results shows that the curative effects of locking compression plate in the treatment of intraarticular fracture of distal radius were better than that of common plate, small splint or gypsum. Moreover, there were few complications. There is no significant difference in the effects between common plate fixation in treatment of intraarticular fracture of distal radius and the fixation with small splint or gypsum.


中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程


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Key words: radius fractures, intraarticular fractures, meta-analysis, internal fixators, external fixators

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