Distal radius fractures are the most common orthopedic-related injury, accounting for 17.5% of all fractures in adults. Fractures are...
Distal Radius Fracture
Related Diagnoses
Fractures of the distal radius are very common injuries to the upper extremity. People who are at high risk...
Related Technologies
The advent of volar locking plates has seemed to solve some of these issues. Popularized in the early 2000s,...
“Internal” distraction fixators (dorsal bridge plates) were originally designed in an effort to mitigate the pitfalls of external fixators....
The Acu-Lock Wrist Plating System by Acumed is one of these commonly used volar locking plates for distal radius...
Novel dual head minimizes plate profile, reducing the potential for flexor tendon injuries. Screw trajectories are designed to provide...
The VariAx 2 Distal Radius Plating System is a distal radius fracture treatment from Stryker. To learn more, click...
Skeletal Dynamics Dorsal Spanning Plate is designed for distal radius fractures with severe comminution requiring prolonged fixation as an...
Geminus Dorsal Spanning Plate: This dorsal spanning plate shares many features as the Skeletal Dynamics Dorsal Spanning Plate. The...
The Wrist Spanning Plate is designed for distal radius fractures with severe comminution requiring prolonged fixation, as an alternative...
Internal distraction plate controls unstable comminuted distal radius fractures Limited contact design Ease of insertion with tapered, edge-free contour...
Related Procedures
One of the main goals of orthopedic surgery is restoration of pre-injury anatomy, and distal radius surgery is not...
A dorsal bridge plate, as the name implies, is applied to the backside (dorsal) part of the radius, proximal...
