BACKGROUND: @entity78 bone cement increases the stability of implant-bone constructs in @entity1 with an @entity3604 . The purpose of this randomized study was to determine whether augmentation of volar locking plate fixation with @entity78 bone cement has any benefit over volar locking plate fixation alone in @entity1 older than sixty-five years of age who have an unstable distal radial @entity174 . METHODS: Forty-eight @entity1 (fifty unstable distal radial fractures) were recruited for this study. The mean @entity1 age was seventy-three years. Surgical procedures were randomized between volar locking plate fixation alone (Group 1) and volar locking plate fixation with injection of @entity78 bone cement (Group 2). The @entity1 were assessed clinically at three and twelve months postoperatively. Clinical assessments included determinations of grip strength, wrist motion, wrist @entity158 , modified Mayo wrist scores, and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) scores. Radiographic evaluations were performed immediately postoperatively and at one year following surgery. The adequacy of the reduction was assessed by measuring radial inclination, @entity30012 , and ulnar variance. RESULTS: The two groups were comparable with regard to age, sex, @entity174 type, injury mechanism, and bone mineral density. No significant differences were observed between the groups with regard to the clinical outcomes at the three or twelve-month follow-up examination. No significant intergroup differences in radiographic outcomes were observed immediately after surgery or at the one-year follow-up visit. Furthermore, no complication-related differences were observed, and there were no nonunions. CONCLUSIONS: Augmentation of metaphyseal defects with @entity78 bone cement after volar locking plate fixation offered no benefit over volar locking plate fixation alone in elderly @entity1 with an unstable distal radial @entity174 .

Effect of XXXX bone cement augmentation on volar plate fixation of unstable distal radial fractures in the elderly.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity3604 :: ('MESH:D058866', 'Disease') :: ['osteoporotic fracture'] @entity30012 :: ('MESH:C563330', 'Disease') :: ['volar angulation'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture'] @entity78 :: ('MESH:C020243', 'Chemical') :: ['calcium phosphate', 'Calcium phosphate'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain']
@entity78 :: (MESH:C020243,Chemical) :: ['calcium phosphate']
