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Demographic data of 59 patients treated with either volar plating (VP) or external fixation (EF) for 62 intraarticular distal radius fractures and mean follow-up period.
| Number of radius fractures (n) | Number of patients (n) | Malepatients (n) | Femalepatients (n) | Mean Age(y) (range) | Mean follow-up period (months) | |
| VP group | 41 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 42.6 (22–78) | 28.02 |
| EF group | 21 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 47.2 (21–73) | 27.43 |
| All patients | 62 | 59 | 38 | 21 | 46.3 (21–78) | 27.85 |
