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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Complication rates in the study population and in the subgroups

From: Complication rates and reduction potential of palmar versus dorsal locking plate osteosynthesis for the treatment of distal radius fractures

Complications (n = 18/6.3 %)

Groups

Palmar (n = 8)

Dorsal (n = 10)

Pain/swelling

5

5

Tenosynovitis

0

2

EPL rupture

0

1

Intra-articular screw

0

1

Fragment displacement

1

0

Carpal tunnel syndrome

1

0

Re-fracture

1

0

CRPS

0

1

Incidence

3.6 %

16.7 %

p

<0.001