Avoiding and Treating Perioperative Complications of Distal Radius Fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-198

  Rhee, Peter C ^a   Dennison, David G ^a   Kakar, Sanjeev ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Fracture; Perioperative complication; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID;

ARM MALFORMATION; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE SCREW; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTACT ANGLE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LUNATE BONE; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RADIAL NERVE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BONE SCREWS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; RADIAL NERVE; RADIUS FRACTURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TENDON INJURIES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84860449957     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2012.03.004     Document Type: Review

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