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From: Will the untreated ulnar styloid fracture influence the outcome of unstable distal radial fracture treated with external fixation when the distal radioulnar joint is stable

Figure 2

The 56-year-old female patient with unstable distal radius fracture. (a, b) The initial anterior-posterior and lateral radiographs of the distal radius showed an unstable fracture without an ulnar styloid fracture: volar comminution of the metaphysis. (c, d) Three weeks postoperatively, the fracture segments were displaced (white arrow); the patient declined re-operation and her wrist was fixed with above-the-elbow plaster. (e, f) Two years postoperatively, the distal radius fracture had mal-united with radius shortening and instability of the distal radioulnar joint (white arrow). Written informed consent was obtained from the patient to show the information here.

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