Marked initial displacement predicts complications in physeal fractures of the distal radius - An analysis of fracture characteristics, primary treatment and complications in 109 patients
: Nietosvaara Y, Hasler C, Helenius I, Cundy P
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
: 2005
Acta Orthopaedica
ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA
: ACTA ORTHOP
: 76
: 6
: 873
: 877
: 5
: 1745-3674
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17453670510045525
Interpretation The risk of an acute carpal tunnel syndrome should be remembered in patients with marked primary displacement of the fracture. To avoid redislocation, pin fixation of the fracture in patients close to skeletal maturity should be considered if there is a marked initial malposition of the fracture, or if fully anatomic reduction cannot be achieved.