Distal radius

David Langerhuizen, M. Bergsma, C.A. Selles, R.L. Jaarsma, J.C. Goslings, N.W.L. Schep, J.N. Doornberg

Diagnosis of Dorsal Screw Penetration after Volar Plating of the Distal Radius: Intra-Operative Dorsal Tangential Views versus Three-Dimensional Fluoroscopy

Measurements were obtained by following these steps: 1) The axial, sagittal and coronal planes were adjusted parallel to the distal angular stable screw. 2) On the axial plane, we measured the total length of the dorsal penetrating screw from screw head to screw tip. 3) We constructed a line at each side of the penetrating screw. 4) By measuring the distance from the screw tip to the constructed line, we determined the penetration distance from the screw tip to the dorsal cortex.

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