Internal Fixation of Dorsally Displaced Fractures of the Distal Part of the Radius by Andrew A....

Internal Fixation of Dorsally Displaced Fractures of the Distal Part of the Radius

by Andrew A. Willis, Keiji Kutsumi, Mark E. Zobitz, and William P. Cooney

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 88(11):2411-2417

November 1, 2006

©2006 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Photograph showing the oblique-gap dorsal osteotomy that was created in the synthetic bone model along with the attached linear displacement transducer that was used to measure fracture

gap motion on the dorsal cortex.

Andrew A. Willis et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2006;88:2411-2417


Photograph showing the internal fixation constructs that were tested in the present study.



Photograph illustrating the loading forces that were applied during testing in (A) axial compression, (B) dorsal bending, and (C) volar bending.



Photograph showing the segmental bone gap that was created in specimens with the dorsal pi-plate implant following testing with volar cortex apposition.



Graph illustrating the axial compressive stiffness for the six configurations that were tested.



Graph illustrating the dorsal and volar bending stiffness of the six configurations that were tested.



Internal Fixation of Dorsally Displaced Fractures of the Distal Part of the Radius by Andrew A....

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