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Complications - Angle-stable palmar plate osteosynthesis of a right distal radius fracture

  1. Intraoperative Complications

    • Lesion/Transection of radial artery, median nerve or palmar branch of median nerve
    • Tendon injury
    • incomplete reduction

    Management

    • primary microsurgical nerve or arterial suture for nerve or arterial injury
    • Tendon reconstruction
    • controlled retraction of the soft tissues with the wound retractor to avoid traction injury to the median nerve and its branches
    • in case of incomplete reduction, consider changing the procedure (external fixator or internal [internal dorsal spanning plate])
Postoperative Complications

Acute ComplicationsBleeding/HematomaInfection/Wound Healing Disorder (0.3-2 %)Compartment SyndromeM

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