Soft Tissue Therapy: What are 3 possible LATE COMPLICATIONS (X a few weeks) for fractures?

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What are 3 possible LATE COMPLICATIONS (X > a few weeks) for fractures?

Alexandra Jessie Wilson · Accepted Answer

- delayed union and non-union of the fracture, malunion, 
myositis ossificans, 
- nerve compression, 
- nerve entrapment, 
- bone necrosis,
- volkmans ischemic contracture, - joint stiffness, - disuse atrophy.
- There may also be complications relating to the external fixators or
metal plates used.

Soft Tissue Therapy

What are 3 possible LATE COMPLICATIONS (X > a few weeks) for fractures?

- delayed union and non-union of the fracture, malunion, myositis ossificans, - nerve compression, - nerve entrapment, - bone necrosis, - volkmans ischemic contracture, - joint stiffness, - disuse atrophy. - There may also be complications relating to the external fixators or metal plates used.

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