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                                                                <journal-id>sdü tıp fak derg</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2602-2109</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
                </publisher>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17343/sdutfd.316269</article-id>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Clinical Sciences</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Klinik Tıp Bilimleri</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Treatment of  isolated ulnar shaft fractures with short arm cast</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>İzole ulna şaft kırıklarının kısa kol sirküler alçı ile tedavisi</article-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Akdemir</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mehmet</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Medical Park izmir Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bölümü</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Biçen</surname>
                                    <given-names>Çağdaş</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Medical Park izmir Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bölümü</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Turan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ahmet Cemil</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Medical Park izmir Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bölümü</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Türken</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mehmet Aykut</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Medical Park izmir Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bölümü</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Arıkan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Alper</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Medical Park izmir Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bölümü</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ekin</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ahmet</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Medical Park izmir Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bölümü</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20180606">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>06</month>
                    <year>2018</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>25</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>139</fpage>
                                        <lpage>143</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20170526">
                        <day>05</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2017</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20170724">
                        <day>07</day>
                        <month>24</month>
                        <year>2017</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1994, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1994</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="en">
                            <p>Objectives: isolatedulnar shaft fractures are rare injuries but union problems are common.Treatment with long arm cast and plate osteosynthesis has a potential riskof nonunion and delayed union. In thisstudy we aimed to discuss the radiological and clinical results of isolatedulnar shaft fractures, treated with short arm cast.Methods: 13 patientstreated with short arm cast in our clinic, were included to the study. Mean ageof patients was 44. The etiologies of fracture were direct blow for five, fallfor five and traffic accident for three patients. The radiographic evaluationwas made according to ulnar shaft anatomic angle, ulnar variance at the wristjoint and presence of union. Clinical evaluation was made by Quick DASH (Disabilities of Arm Shoulder and Hand) andVisual Analog Scale.Results: MEan follow-upduration was 26.5 months. Among all patientsunion was achieved. Mean union duration was6.15 weeks. Mean Q-DASH score was 2.97. mean ulnar shaftanatomic angle was 1.8 degrees for at the time of fracture and 3.48 at the endof the union. At the end of the treatment, one patient had neutral ulnarvariance , two positive and ten negative. Four patients had radiologicmalunion.Conclusion:thetreatment results of short arm cast treatment of isolated ulnar shaft fracturesare good. Patients had some sort of malunion but it had little effect onclinical results. Long arm cast should be used temporarily fort the treatmentof isolated ulnar shaft fractures, not till the end of the treatment.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Amaç:İzole ulna krıkları nadir görülenkırıklardır ve kaynama gecikmesi nadir görülen bir durum değildir. Uzun kolalçı ile plaklı tespitte kaynama gecikmesi ve yetersiz kaynama sorunları ilekarşılaşılabilmektedir. Biz bu çalışmamızda izole ulna kırığı olan ve kısa kolalçı ile tedavi ettiğimiz hastalarımızın klinik ve radyolojik sonuçlarınıtartıştık.Yöntem:kliniğimizde ulna diyafiz kırığınedeniyle konservatif tedavi ettiğimiz13 hasta çalışmaya dahil edildi. Hastaların yaş ortalaması 44&#039;tü; 6 hastaerkek, 7 hasta kadındı. Hastalardan tümükısa kol sirküler alçı ile takip edildiler. Kırıkların 2&#039;si proksimal 1/3, 7’siorta, 4’ü distal yerleşimli izole ulna şaft kırığıydı. 5 hastada direkt darbe,5 hastada düşme, 3 hastada ise araç içi trafik kazası sonucu kırıkoluşmuştu. Hastaların radyolojikdeğerlendirilmesinde ap grafide ulnaşaftının eğilme açıları, el bileği seviyesinde ulnar varyans ve kaynama durumuna bakıldı.Hastaların klinik değerlendirilmesinde vizüel ağrı skalası, Q-DASH skorlamasınabakıldı. Bulgular:Hastalarınortalama takip süresi 26.5 aydı. Tüm hastalarda kaynama elde edildi. Ortalamakaynama süresi 6.15 haftaydı. OrtalamaQ-DASH skoru 2.97 idi. Hastaların ap grafide ortalama ulna şaft açıları kırıkanında ortalama 1.8 derece, kaynama sonunda 3.48 dereceydi. Tedavi sonunda elbilek ulnar varyans ortalama değeri 1 hastada nötral, 2 hastada pozitif, 10hastada negatifti. 4 hastada radyolojik malunion saptanmıştı. Sonuç:izole ulna şaft kırıkları kısa kolalçı ile tedavisi sonuçları iyidir. Belirli düzeyde malunion görülse de kliniküzerine etkisi yoktur. İzole ulna şaft kırıklarında uzun kol atel-alçı tespitigeçici kullanılmalı, tedavinin tamamında kullanılmamalıdır.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Ulna</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  izole şaft kırığı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  kısa kol alçı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  konservatif tedavi</kwd>
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                                                <kwd-group xml:lang="en">
                                                    <kwd>Ulna</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  isolated shaft fracture</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  short arm cast</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  conservative treatment</kwd>
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