DOI: 10.25881/BPNMSC.2019.74.64.031

Authors

Maksimov B.I.

City Clinical Hospital No 29 named after N.E. Bauman, Moscow

Abstract

The paper reports a clinical case of an extremely rare complication of surgical treatment of distal radius fractures — false joint of distal radius after minimally invasive osteosynthesis and its successful management.

Keywords: false joint, minimally invasive approach, distal radius, osteosynthesis, computed tomography.

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For citation

Maksimov B.I. Nearthrosis of the distal metaepiphysis of the radius after minimally invasive bone osteosynthesis. Bulletin of Pirogov National Medical & Surgical Center. 2019;14(3):152-155. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25881/BPNMSC.2019.74.64.031