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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Range of motion before ulna shortening osteotomy and at 3 and 12 months postoperatively

From: Outcomes of ulna shortening osteotomy: a cohort analysis of 106 patients

Group

Movement, mean (SD)

Preoperative

3 months

12 months

P-value*

Overall

Wrist extension

−56 (14)

−58 (12)

−64 (8)

< 0.001

Wrist flexion

52 (17)

52 (12)

60 (12)

0.002

Ulnar deviation

−23 (9)

−23 (7)

−27 (8)

0.017

Radial deviation

18 (6)

17 (7)

20 (9)

0.002

Pronation

−74 (13)

−71 (13)

−74 (11)

0.656

Supination

69 (17)

65 (15)

70 (13)

0.835

Idiopathic

Wrist extension

−60 (12)

−59 (10)

−64 (8)

0.022

Wrist flexion

57 (16)

53 (12)

60 (12)

0.062

Ulnar deviation

−25 (9)

−24 (7)

−27 (7)

0.175

Radial deviation

18 (6)

19 (8)

21 (10)

0.078

Pronation

−77 (11)

−74 (12)

−74 (9)

0.218

Supination

72 (13)

67 (15)

69 (13)

0.260

Secondary to DRF

Wrist extension

−51 (15)

−57 (14)

−65 (10)

0.002

Wrist flexion

46 (18)

51 (13)

59 (12)

0.021

Ulnar deviation

−21 (8)

−22 (6)

−27 (9)

0.035

Radial deviation

16 (6)

15 (6)

20 (9)

0.003

Pronation

−69 (15)

−68 (14)

−72 (15)

0.682

Supination

63 (20)

63 (16)

73 (13)

0.151

  1. There were 104 preoperative patients (idiopathic = 61; DRF = 43), 67 at 3 months (idiopathic = 37; DRF = 30), and 29 at 12 months (idiopathic = 19; DRF = 10)
  2. DRF distal radius fracture
  3. *P values indicate significance over time, i.e., whether differences between baseline and follow-up were significant