Tratamiento quirúrgico de la deformidad de Madelung

  1. Arenas Miquélez, Antonio
  2. Ayala Palacios, Higinio
  3. Arenas Planelles, Antonio
  4. Garbayo Marturet, Antonio Jesús
Journal:
Revista española de cirugía osteoarticular

ISSN: 0304-5056

Year of publication: 2004

Volume: 39

Issue: 219

Pages: 132-144

Type: Article

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Abstract

Six cases of Madelung's deformity in 4 teenagers women are presented (2 patients had affected both wrists). They were treated surgically performing an osteotomy at level of the distal radius, associated or not to a resection of the distal part of the ulna. The fixing method was a T volar plate in 4 of the cases and an external fixation device in the 2 remaining cases. The results were usually good, as much at the functional as cosmetic plane, although they were slightly better when a T volar plate was used as fixation system and when the resection of the distal ulna was associated during the surgical operation