Table 2. Complications of Colles' fractures |
Redisplacement after reduction
Pain Loss of grip strength Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (algodystrophy, shoulder-hand syndrome) Reduced range of movement Finger stiffness Osteoarthrosis/osteoarthritis of the radioulnar or radiocarpal joints Neuropathies of the median, radial or ulnar nerves Deformity/malunion Degeneration of the radiocarpal joint Demineralization Volkmann's ischemia Late rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon and other tendons |