Background: Distal radius fractures (fractura radii loco typico) are an everyday task for a surgeon that deals with injuries. Oftentimes complicated associated injuries of the ligamentous apparatus occur, which are hard to recognise and demand appropriate care. If such injuries remain unrecognised, they lead to more serious functional disorders, which is why the purpose of this report is to point out a rare and serious complication of distal radius fracture.Case presentation: We report the case of a 20-year-old man who suffered a fracture of the radius and developed a serious associated ligamentous disorder that was discovered relatively late.Conclusion: Ligamentous injuries associated with distal radius fractures represent a serious diagnostic challenge and, due to their consequences, also a serious clinical challenge. They are often hard to recognise and get discovered late. If the treatment shows no improvement, diagnostic images should be carefully analysed, and the physician should be well acquainted with relevant pathological conditions.

Regional general hospitals in Slovenia admit both elective as well as acute patients. Is there a difference in patient satisfaction to the regarding the reason of admission? There were 88 patients included in this study: 52 elective and 36 acutely admitted. The national survey on patient satisfaction was used. With the Mann-Whitney U test, two groups were compared with the satisfaction scores and preformed a logistic regression analysis. Out of 100, the average total evaluated patient satisfaction score was 79 (SD 10.9) points. There is a statistically significant difference in the evaluated patient satisfaction score (p = 0.006) between the electively (82 points) and the acutely (75 points) admitted. Higher satisfaction is predicted by the patient satisfaction with the admission, the environment, and the manner of dismissal. Because this study included a small number of patients, authors will have to continue with the study to gain more credible results.