Internal fixation of volar-displaced distal radial fractures. ³

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Á Keating JF. Court-Brown CM. McQueen MM. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - British Volume. 76(3):401-5, 1994 May. We reviewed a series of 79 distal radial fractures with volar displacement * which had been fixed internally using a buttress plate. The fractures were classified using the Frykman and AO systems; 59% were intraarticular. Complications occurred in 40.5% of cases; malunion was most frequent (28%). Functional recovery in patients with malunion was significantly Á worse than in those with good anatomical restoration (p < 0.001). The AO and Frykman classifications and the degree of restoration of volar tilt were predictive of outcome. *