TY - JOUR
T1 - Carpal tunnel pressures and wrist position in patients with colies’ fractures
AU - Gelberman, Richard H.
AU - Szabo, Robert M.
AU - Mortensen, Wayne W.
PY - 1984/8
Y1 - 1984/8
N2 - Intracarpal canal interstitial fluid pressures were determined in the wrists of 22 patients with 23 Colles’ fractures. Mean values were 18 mm Hg in neutral wrist position, 27 mm Hg in 20° flexion, 47 mm Hg in 40° flexion, and 35 mm Hg in 20° extension. Ten of 23 wrists (45%) had pressures greater than 40 mm Hg in 40° of flexion. Because of the high incidence of median neuropathy associated with immobilization of wrist fractures in a position of marked flexion, an awareness of the magnitude of increased interstitial fluid pressure should lead to alternative methods of treatment in many cases.
AB - Intracarpal canal interstitial fluid pressures were determined in the wrists of 22 patients with 23 Colles’ fractures. Mean values were 18 mm Hg in neutral wrist position, 27 mm Hg in 20° flexion, 47 mm Hg in 40° flexion, and 35 mm Hg in 20° extension. Ten of 23 wrists (45%) had pressures greater than 40 mm Hg in 40° of flexion. Because of the high incidence of median neuropathy associated with immobilization of wrist fractures in a position of marked flexion, an awareness of the magnitude of increased interstitial fluid pressure should lead to alternative methods of treatment in many cases.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005373-198408000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00005373-198408000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 6471140
AN - SCOPUS:0021167387
SN - 0022-5282
VL - 24
SP - 747
EP - 749
JO - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
JF - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
IS - 8
ER -