Journal article
Assessment of complications of distal radius fractures and development of a complication checklist
Abstract
The purposes of this study were to determine the overall incidence of distal radius fracture (DRF) complications, determine the incidence and types of DRF complications in a consecutive cohort of 250 patients with DRFs, describe DRF complications reported by patients compared with those reported by physicians, and formulate a DRF complication checklist to improve recording of DRF complications. We found that the overall complication rates vary …
Authors
McKay SD; MacDermid JC; Roth JH; Richards RS
Journal
The Journal Of Hand Surgery, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 916–922
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2001
DOI
10.1053/jhsu.2001.26662
ISSN
0363-5023