The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by a radius fracture (radius fracture):
Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).
- Hypertrophic scarring (bulging scars).
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Infection of the wound
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudarthrosis (false joint)
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); synonyms: Algoneurodystrophy, Sudeck’s disease, Sudeck’s dystrophy, Sudeck-Leriche syndrome, sympathetic reflex dystrophy (SRD)) – neurologic-orthopedic clinical picture that is based on an inflammatory reaction after injury to an extremity and in which central pain processing is also involved in the event; represents a symptomatology in which there are severe circulatory disturbances, edema (fluid retention) and functional restrictions after the intervention, as well as hypersensitivity to touch or pain stimuli; Occur in up to five percent of patients after distal radius fractures, but also after fractures or minor trauma to the lower extremity; early functional treatment (physical and occupational therapy), with medications for neuropathic pain (“nerve pain) and with topical (“local”) therapies lead to better long-term results.
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Chronic pain
- Omalgia (shoulder pain) – caused by poor posture.
Injuries, poisonings and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98).
- Functional impairment
- Implant loosening
- Inactivity dystrophy (loss of muscle mass after inactivity).
- Nerve compression (pressure damage to nerves).
- Posttraumatic carpal tunnel syndrome – narrowing syndrome of the median nerve in the region of the carpal canal.
- Rupture (tear) of the long extensor tendon of the thumb.
- Redislocation (a renewed displacement or twisting of bones or bone parts against each other).