Segmental ulnar fracture | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Transverseandobliquefractures.Push-pulltechnique.Insegmentalfracturestobefixedwithonesinglelongplate,theplateisattachedtotheintermediate ...

If the plate which will exert axial compression is exactly contoured to the anatomically reduced fracture surface, there will be some gapping of the opposite cortex, when the plate is tensioned by tightening the load screw.The solution to this problem is to “over-bend” the plate so that its centre stands off 1-2 mm from the anatomically reduced fracture surface.When the neutral side of the plate is applied to the bone, slight gapping of the cortex will occur directly underneath the plate.As the load screw is tightened, the tension generated in the plate compresses the fracture evenly across the full diameter of the bone.In those segmental fractures in which both fractures are transverse and will need axial compression, the plate will need to be prebent at the site of each transverse fracture.