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. 2002 Aug 21;27(1):1–6. doi: 10.1007/s00264-002-0393-x

Osteosynthesis of distal radial fractures with a volar locking screw plate system

H Drobetz 1, E Kutscha-Lissberg 1
PMCID: PMC3673689  PMID: 12582800

Abstract.

We developed a locking screw plate system for the stabilisation of distal radial fractures, which can be inserted through a standard volar approach and in which the locking mechanism allows early post-operative mobilisation. Forty-nine patients with 50 fractures underwent surgical treatment; 66% were type C fractures. The mean follow-up was 26 months. According to the scores of Gartland and Werley and Green and O'Brien, 92% and 68% respectively had an excellent or good outcome; 46% were radiologically identical to the uninjured side and in 42% the reduction remained unchanged after 2 years. The most frequent complication was rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon, which occurred in six cases (12%) at a mean of 10 months after operation.

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