Radius Fracture: Complications

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).