[Causes for reoperations after osteosyntheses of finger and mid-hand fractures]

Autor: U, Bartelmann, J, Kotas, B, Landsleitner
Jazyk: němčina
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse : Organ der V.... 29(4)
ISSN: 0722-1819
Popis: 31 patients reoperated after osteosynthesis of a metacarpal or a phalangeal fracture were reviewed over a period of three years. The cause of injury was in 18 cases a crush, in six cases a fall, in five cases a saw injury, and in two cases axial trauma. A postoperative plaster splint immobilisation over a period of at least three weeks was carried out in 29 cases. Reoperation was necessary in most of the cases because of a loss of range of motion and a nonunion. The complication rate was independent of the method of fixation, but did depend on the type of injury. Fractures associated with soft tissue injury were more likely to develop complications.
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