Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 611-618, April 2010

Biomechanical Comparison of Dorsal Nail Plate Versus Screw and K-Wire Construct for Extra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures in a Cadaver Bone Model

Center for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Received 27 September 2009; accepted 22 January 2010.

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 The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. Klaus Burkhart for supporting the preparation of the manuscript. The authors wish to thank Dr. Stefaan Nijs and Mr. Werner Sternstein for their technical assistance.

 Daniella Klitscher and Isabella Mehling contributed equally to this work. This work is part of the doctoral thesis of Lukas Nowak.

 No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

PII: S0363-5023(10)00078-X

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.01.018

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 611-618, April 2010

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