hi guys,

i have a friend who had an orif of radial fracture. She was in a back slab for two weeks and then placed in a pop for 5 weeks in approx 45degrees flexion.
at her f/u appt she found the metalwork had failed and the distal radial fragment had migrated dorsally inline with the carpals. She since had to have a further orif. since then she found out the operating surgeon for the 1st op had requested 2 weeks in back slab then to be placed in neutral for 2 further weeks - this was obviously not followed. she has asked my advice as to whether being kept in flexion could have caused metalwork failure or at least contributed to it.. im not 100% sure..it seems likely that it could have but i would really appreciate further opinions/clinical reasoning as to why it could or couldnt have affected it....thanks everyone

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