Wrist Fractures in Patients With Parkinson’s — Think Twice Before Operating
Complications and infections are more common in these patients than one might realize
What’s the Claim?
With a mean follow-up of less than a year, an eye-opening case series from the Mayo Clinic found that 30% of patients with Parkinson's disease who underwent surgery for a distal radius fracture had complications and/or reoperations, most of them happening shortly after the initial surgical procedure. Loss of reduction occurred in 17% of the patients, two patients had infections, and a total of 12 complications were observed in nine patients, in a series of only 30 wrists.
