Palmar and dorsal fixed-angle plates in AO C-type fractures of the distal radius: is there an advantage of palmar plates in the long term?

(Table 1 ) The palmar plate group showed an increase from 63.6 degrees at 6 weeks for combined flexion and extension to 129 degrees 12 months postoperatively, which was significantly higher than the range in the dorsal plate group, which increased from 42 to 92 degrees 12 months postoperatively (p = 0.007 6 weeks, p < 0.001 (highly significant) at 3, 6 and 12 months).

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