title: Successful closed reduction of refractured wrist with a bent volar distal radius plate.
abstract: A case is presented of a 78-year-old woman who sustained a re-fracture of the distal radius after initial fixation with a volar locking plate. The fracture was located in the mid-portion of the volar plate with palmar apex bending of the plate and signs of median nerve compression. A successful closed reduction was performed without hardware failure. The fracture united uneventfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Monica Orthopedic Research (MoRe) Foundation and Monica Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ghislain F A E
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Geurts
authors.forename: Roger P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Van Riet
authors.forename: Frederik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verstreken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence