Incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP)

Abstract Objective To investigate the incidence of postoperative overall complications or secondary procedures following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP) Methods Electronic medical records (EMR) of 1152 patients with 1175 distal radius fractures treated by volar locking p...

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Main Authors: Yansen Li, Yanqing Zhou, Xiong Zhang, Dehu Tian, Bing Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-019-1344-1
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Yanqing Zhou
Xiong Zhang
Dehu Tian
Bing Zhang
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Xiong Zhang
Dehu Tian
Bing Zhang
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description Abstract Objective To investigate the incidence of postoperative overall complications or secondary procedures following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP) Methods Electronic medical records (EMR) of 1152 patients with 1175 distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate between January 2013 and September 2018 were retrospectively reviewed and the data were extracted. The picture archiving and communication system (PACS) was inquired to assess the fracture severity and to determine the fracture type. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify the associated risk factors. Results During the median follow-up period of 6 months, a total of 138 complications in 131 patients were determined, indicating the accumulated rate of 11.7%; there were 68 cases of secondary procedures, with the rate of 5.8%. The independent associated factors for postoperative overall complications were AO type C fracture (OR, 2.6; 95%CI, 1.2 to 4.0), open fracture (OR, 4.2; 95%CI, 1.9 to 6.5), and significant collapse of the lunate fossa (OR, 2.9; 95%CI, 13 to 4.3), and for secondary procedures were significant collapse of the lunate fossa (OR, 3.7; 95%CI, 1.7 to 6.4) and the low-volume of surgeons (OR, 95%CI, 1.2 to 3.6) Conclusions Identification of these factors is of importance for the risk assessment of postoperative complications and the additional need of surgery. For patients with the above factors, especially those with combined risk factors, optimized operation scheme and high-volume surgeon should be considered to prevent or reduce the complications.
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spelling doaj.art-fc57a649d3be4f948257a92500d078662022-12-22T04:01:50ZengBMCJournal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research1749-799X2019-09-011411910.1186/s13018-019-1344-1Incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP)Yansen Li0Yanqing Zhou1Xiong Zhang2Dehu Tian3Bing Zhang4Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical UniversityKey Laboratory of Biomechanics of Hebei ProvinceKey Laboratory of Biomechanics of Hebei ProvinceKey Laboratory of Biomechanics of Hebei ProvinceKey Laboratory of Biomechanics of Hebei ProvinceAbstract Objective To investigate the incidence of postoperative overall complications or secondary procedures following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP) Methods Electronic medical records (EMR) of 1152 patients with 1175 distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate between January 2013 and September 2018 were retrospectively reviewed and the data were extracted. The picture archiving and communication system (PACS) was inquired to assess the fracture severity and to determine the fracture type. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify the associated risk factors. Results During the median follow-up period of 6 months, a total of 138 complications in 131 patients were determined, indicating the accumulated rate of 11.7%; there were 68 cases of secondary procedures, with the rate of 5.8%. The independent associated factors for postoperative overall complications were AO type C fracture (OR, 2.6; 95%CI, 1.2 to 4.0), open fracture (OR, 4.2; 95%CI, 1.9 to 6.5), and significant collapse of the lunate fossa (OR, 2.9; 95%CI, 13 to 4.3), and for secondary procedures were significant collapse of the lunate fossa (OR, 3.7; 95%CI, 1.7 to 6.4) and the low-volume of surgeons (OR, 95%CI, 1.2 to 3.6) Conclusions Identification of these factors is of importance for the risk assessment of postoperative complications and the additional need of surgery. For patients with the above factors, especially those with combined risk factors, optimized operation scheme and high-volume surgeon should be considered to prevent or reduce the complications.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-019-1344-1ComplicationDistal radius fractureVolar locking plateIncidence rateRisk factors
spellingShingle Yansen Li
Yanqing Zhou
Xiong Zhang
Dehu Tian
Bing Zhang
Incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP)
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Complication
Distal radius fracture
Volar locking plate
Incidence rate
Risk factors
title Incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP)
title_full Incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP)
title_fullStr Incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP)
title_full_unstemmed Incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP)
title_short Incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate (VLP)
title_sort incidence of complications and secondary procedure following distal radius fractures treated by volar locking plate vlp
topic Complication
Distal radius fracture
Volar locking plate
Incidence rate
Risk factors
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-019-1344-1
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