Frykman VIII Fracture Secondary to Falling Onto an Outstretched Hand (FOOSH).

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Conflict of interest statement: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. 18. World J Radiol. 2017 Sep 28;9(9):359-364. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v9.i9.359. Reliability of the pronator quadratus fat pad sign to predict the severity of distal radius fractures. Loesaus J(1), Wobbe I(1), Stahlberg E(1), Barkhausen J(1), Goltz JP(1). Author information: (1)Department for Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, 23538 Lübeck, Germany. AIM: To evaluate the reliability of pronator quadratus fat pad sign to detect distal radius fracture and to predict its severity. METHODS: Retrospectively we identified 89 consecutive patients (41 female, mean age 49 ± 18 years) who had X-ray (CR) and computed tomography (CT) within 24 h following distal forearm trauma. Thickness of pronator quadratus fat pad complex (PQC) was measured using lateral views (CR) and sagittal reconstructions (CT). Pearson's test was used to determine the correlation of the PQC thickness in CR and CT. A positive pronator quadratus sign (PQS) was defined as a PQC > 8.0 mm (female) or > 9.0 mm (male). Frykman classification was utilized to assess the severity of fractures. RESULTS: Forty-four/89 patients (49%) had a distal radius fracture (Frykman I n = 3, II n = 0, III n = 10, IV n = 5, V n = 2, VI n = 2, VII n = 9, VIII n = 13). Mean thickness of the PQC thickness can reliably be measured on X-ray views and was 7.5 ± 2.8 mm in lateral views (CR), respectively 9.4 ± 3.0 mm in sagittal reconstructions (CT), resulting in a significant correlation coefficient of 0.795. A positive PQS at CR was present in 21/44 patients (48%) with distal radius fracture and in 2/45 patients (4%) without distal radius fracture, resulting in a specificity of 96% and a sensitivity of 48% for the detection of distal radius fractures. There was no correlation between thickness of the PQC and severity of distal radius fractures. CONCLUSION: A positive PQS shows high specificity but low sensitivity for detection of distal radius fractures. The PQC thickness cannot predict the severity of distal radius fractures. DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v9.i9.359 PMCID: PMC5658631