title: Complications and problems in the management of distal radius fractures.
abstract: Despite the best of treatments, problems and complications may be inherent in the fracture, depending on the nature of its severity. For that reason, patients should be followed for a minimum of 2 years after injury and treatment to assess the result and rule out a degenerative processes. A careful, thoughtful analysis at the time of presentation using a descriptive classification system that provides guidance for therapeutic intervention followed by meticulous execution of the mode of treatment employed, regular follow-up care, and rehabilitation will provide the surgeon with a means to treat these common yet vexing problems in an effective way while minimizing complications.
authors.affiliation: Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Clinics, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Seitz
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D016267:External Fixators / Q000009:adverse effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators / Q000009:adverse effects; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D013165:Splints / Q000009:adverse effects