Forearm fracture plates: to remove or not to remove
| Autor: | Carol A Waggy, Mary Beth Cermak, David A. Labosky |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Reoperation medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Radiography Bone Screws Fixation (surgical) Postoperative Complications Forearm Bone plate medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Retrospective Studies Osteosynthesis business.industry Ulna Middle Aged Ulna Fractures Surgery Corrosion medicine.anatomical_structure Orthopedic surgery Upper limb Female business Radius Fractures Bone Plates |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of hand surgery. 15(2) |
| ISSN: | 0363-5023 |
| Popis: | Eighty dynamic compression plates used to fix fractures of the radius and/or ulna were removed from 51 of 98 adult patients. Thirty-seven patients had plates removed electively. Fourteen patients had plates removed for clinical reasons. The average time from insertion to removal was 13.6 months, with a range from 4.4 to 36 months. Only one refracture occurred through the unhealed both bone forearm fracture site in a patient whose plate was taken out 6 months after surgery. One refracture also occurred through the proximal screw hole of a still implanted ulna plate that had been inserted 3 years earlier. Leaving a plate in for the remaining life of a young patient cannot be considered a benign decision considering the persisting chance for refracture and the potential complications from prolonged exposure to metal corrosion complexes and metal ions. |
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