Fractures of the shaft of the radius after treatment of Colles fractures with pins and plaster or external fixation.
case_series · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 8433205.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Refracture of the radius through a pin site after the removal of pins and plaster or an external fixator for Colles fracture is rarely mentioned in the literature. We present the details of three such cases and review two others reported in the literature. Our aim is to alert orthopedists to the potential for this complication. Patients with superficial or deep pin tract infections appear to be at greater risk.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Nails
- Colles' Fracture
- Fracture Fixation, Internal
- Radius
- Radius Fractures
Anatomy
- radius