- Acute Complications:
- median, radial or ulnar sensory neuropathy;
- acute and late carpal tunnel syndrome;
- loss of reduction
- deformity
- decreased motion
- arthritis
- pain in the radiocarpal and or DRUJ;
- stiffness
- most patients will have some residual limitation of mobility of the wrist as well as of grip strength.
- tendon rupture:
- ref:
Rupture of the Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon After Volar Fixed-Angle Plating of a Distal Radius Fracture: A Case Report
- Chronic Complications:
- mid
carpal instability
- ulnar impaction syndrome;
-
mal-union:
-
Reconstruction of post-traumatic deformity of the distal radius and ulna.
- incongruity of the
DRUJ
- ulnar side of wrist operations:
-
Sauve-Kapandji
-
Hemi-resection Interpositional Arthroplasty:
-
Bower's Procedure:
-
Radial osteotomy and Bowers arthroplasty for malunited fractures of the distal end of the radius.
-
Darrah's Procedure
- Watson's matched ulnar resection;
