Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine

Managing Colles' fractures in rural practice

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


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