Patient inclusion and exclusion criteria
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of
Shuguang Hospital and the informed consent was obtained from
each patient.
From October 2005 to March 2008, eighty-one outpatients
with a fracture at distal radius which were dorsally angulated and
displaced were enrolled in this study. The inclusion criteria were
(i) fractures involving radiocarpal joint or distal ulnoradial joint,
or (ii) involving ulnar styloid process. The exclusion criteria were
(i) patients with Smith’s fracture and Barton’s fracture, and (ii)
patients accompanied with systemic diseases such as heart, brain,
liver, and kidney.