Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Patients, results, and complications
Nr | Age | Sex | Side/dominance | Profession | Trauma mechanism | Incision | Plate and screws used | Time to union on X-ray (weeks) | Return to work | Functional ROM | Plate removed | Total follow-up (months) | Constant/% of other side | Quick DASH | SRQ | Complication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 49 | M | L/R | Technical advisor | Bike racing | Sabre-cut | 4-hole plate, 4 shaft screws, 6 lateral screws | 6 | 3 days | 2 weeks | No | 12 | 100/100 | 2.3 | 100 | |
2 | 34 | M | L/L | Process operator | Jogging | In-line | 4-hole plate, 4 shaft screws, 4 lateral screws | 6 | 6 weeks | 2 weeks | Yes, 9 months | 11 | 100/100 | 2.3 | 96 | Subcutaneous plate 1 screw in ACJ |
3 | 46 | M | L/R | Production leader | Horseback riding | In-line | 4-hole plate, 3 shaft screws, 6 lateral screws | 12 | 5 days | 2 weeks | Yes, 4 months | 11 | 98/98 | 4.5 | 96 | Lateral screw in ACJ |
4 | 60 | M | L/R | Sports instructor | Bike racing | Sabre-cut | 3-hole plate, 3 shaft screws, 4 lateral screws | 6 | 1 week | 2 weeks | No | 10 | 100/100 | 0 | 100 | |
5 | 24 | F | L/R | Student | Car accident | Sabre-cut | 3-hole plate, 2 shaft screws, 4 lateral screws | 12 | 1 week | 6 weeks | No | 10 | 90/100 | 11.4 | 89 | |
6 | 42 | M | L/R | Small business owner | Bike racing | Sabre-cut | 4-hole plate, 3 shaft screws, 6 lateral screws | 6 | 3 days | 2 weeks | No | 8 | 100/100 | 0 | 100 | |
7 | 45 | M | R/R | Service station attendant | Bike racing | In-line | 3-hole plate, 2 shaft screws, 4 lateral screws | 12 | 4 weeks | 6 weeks | Yes, 5 months | 6 | 100/100 | 4.5 | 96 | Subcutaneous plate |