title: Simple hand fractures that aren't.
abstract: Patients expect physicians to predict the future. Recognizing injuries that behave badly improves care and modulates expectations. Your antennae should deploy when you are presented with a simple fracture that isn't.
authors.affiliation: Division of Upper Extremity Surgery, Department of Orthopedics, Allegheny General Hospital, 1307 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA. mbaratz@wpahs.org
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Baratz
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Bauman
mesh_terms: D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D050276:Hand Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014143:Traction / Q000379:methods