title: Refracture rate after plate removal from the radial metaphysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document the refracture rate after removal of internal fixation at the metaphyseal region of the distal radius and to compare this rate to that associated with diaphyseal plate removal reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A chart review with telephone follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three tertiary care hospitals (in Ottawa, Burlington, Vt., and London, Ont.).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three patients (54 radii) underwent elective removal of internal fixation of the distal radius after distal metaphyseal procedures. The mean follow-up was 46.8 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  The refracture rate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No refractures were reported after plate removal, and the overall complication rate was minimal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The refracture rate at the metaphvsis of the radius after plate removal is lower than the rate after diaphyseal plate removal reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ont.
authors.forename: Jean B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Houle
authors.forename: Payam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.forename: A Alan
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Giachino
authors.forename: Michel Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Benoit
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grabowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence