Abstract:The rate of operative treatment of distal radial fractures has risen significantly over the past 2 decades. Technological advancements in plating options have contributed to this trend. Volar locking plates have rapidly gained popularity as the technique of choice, but recent literature suggests that volar locking plates only provide short-term benefit with faster recovery of function but equivalent clinical results at 1 yr when compared with external fixation and pins. Volar locking plates do result in improv… Show more
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