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Summary of Operative Results.
| Total no. of fractures treated | 55 |
| Mean age, y | 33.9 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 39 |
| Female | 16 |
| Fractured side | |
| Dominant | 35 |
| Nondominant | 20 |
| Average angulation | |
| Preoperative | 25.4° ± 16.1 |
| Postoperative | 16.3° ± 11.1 |
| Radiographic union | 13.9° ± 9.1 |
| Fracture location | |
| Metacarpal base with diaphyseal extension | 19 |
| Metacarpal shaft | 21 |
| Metacarpal neck | 15 |
| Average time to union, weeks | 12.7 |
| Average removal of hardware, weeks | 13.9 |
| Postoperative fracture displacement | 4 |
