Assessing Functional Outcome: Surgical Fixation of Metacarpal and Phalangeal Fractures

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the functional outcomes of surgical fixation of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Iraq on 98 patients, with demographic parameters collected from multiple hospitals between March 2024 and January 2025. The study was designed using VAS scores to assess pain levels pre- and post-operatively. The surgical procedures utilized in this study were also analyzed. This paper aims to assess the functional outcome of surgical fixation of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Iraq between March 2024 and January 2025 on 98 patients. Demographic parameters related to patients were collected from several different hospitals. The VAS score was used to assess the degree of pain pre- and postoperatively. The surgical procedure used in this study was identified as consisting of three types: mini plating, intramedullary fixation, and external fixation. The results of this study found that 70% of patients were male (f (p%) = 0.7143) and 28.57% were female. The mean age was 40.9 years, and the average recovery time categorised by surgical technique was between five and nine weeks. The study concluded with the following observations: The mean age of the male patients was 40.9 years, and the mean age of the female patients was 40.9 years. The mean postoperative quality of life (QOL) score was 3.2 (pain), 2.98 (psychological factors), 3.1 (social factors), 2.78 (anxiety), and 2.84 (fear), and concluded There was a direct relationship between the results of the surgical procedure and the evaluation of patient satisfaction