Faisal's Technique to Closely Manage Volar Barton's Fracture: A Pilot Study
Faisal Masood*1, Ranjit Kumar Sah2 and Ahmad Humayun Sarfaraz3
1Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, KEMU/ Mayo Hospital, Lahore; 2Post Graduate Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, KEMU/ Mayo Hospital, Lahore; 3Senior Registrar, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, KEMU/ Mayo Hospital, Lahore Pakistan.
Figure 1
Illustration of fixation of volar Barton’s fracture using Faisal’s technique. Volar Barton fracture in lateral view; A. Reduction and stabilization of volar Barton fracture with K-wire from proximal dorsal to distal volar aiming the sub-chondral region of volar lip (Faisal’s Technique), B and C. V= volar and D= Dorsal
Figure 2
Preoperative X-ray of a case of Mehara type I Volar Barton fracture of left distal radius; A. AP view and B. lateral view
Figure 3
Postoperative X-ray of the same case fixed with Faisal Technique and augmented by cross K- wires and short arm cast. A: AP view and B: lateral view