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Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 9/2011

01-09-2011 | Trauma Surgery

Dorsal screw penetration following implant removal after volar locked plating of distal radius fracture

Authors: Luzian C. P. Haug, Christian Deml, Michael Blauth, Rohit Arora

Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Issue 9/2011

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Abstract

Complications while removing implants are quite common. In rare cases screw shanks must be left in situ. We present a case of a 38-year-old patient who was treated using a palmar locking plate for a distal radius fracture. After implant removal, one of the screw shanks left in situ penetrated the dorsal cortex of the distal radius into the third extensor tendon compartment and led to irritation of the extensor pollicis longus tendon. We report the unexpected complication and analysis of possible errors of this case to avoid this kind of complication.
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Metadata
Title
Dorsal screw penetration following implant removal after volar locked plating of distal radius fracture
Authors
Luzian C. P. Haug
Christian Deml
Michael Blauth
Rohit Arora
Publication date
01-09-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Issue 9/2011
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Electronic ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-011-1300-y

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