• Department of Hand Surgery, the Ninth People's Hospital of Wuxi, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214062, P. R. China;
RUIYong-jun, Email: ruiyj@hotmail.com
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Objective To discuss the clinical curative effect of internal fixation for metacarpal and phalanx fractures using stainless steel mini-plate and the early rehabilitation. Methods The study included 47 cases treated from January 2006 to June 2011, including 25 cases of 72 phalangeal fractures, 17 cases of 43 metacarpal fractures, and 5 cases of 23 complex metacarpal and phalangeal fractures. All the patients underwent open reduction and micro-plate internal fixation. Three days after surgery, passive function training was initiated. Patients accompanied with blood vessel damage began the training one week later. The training was carried out based on the early rehabilitation schedule. Results Primary healing occurred in all the 47 cases. There was one case of broken plate because of crashing. Postoperative follow-up lasted for 4 to 10 months, and the fractures were healed in 138 lesions. X-ray examination showed that bone union took place at week 8 to 11 averaging at 10. According to the functional evaluation of total autive movement scales, the excellent and good rate was 83.0%. Conclusion The stainless steel mini-plate in the treatment of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures has a firm fixation and is advantageous. Combined with early rehabilitation training, it can maximize the recovery of hand function with satisfactory clinical results.

Citation: QIANJun, RUIYong-jun, ZHANGQuan-rong, XUEMing-yu, WUQuan. Clinical Research of Mini-plate for the Treatment of Metacarpal and Phalangeal Fractures and Early Rehabilitation. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(12): 2236-2238. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140676 Copy

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