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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Fracture distribution in the study population and in the subgroups according to the AO classification

From: Complication rates and reduction potential of palmar versus dorsal locking plate osteosynthesis for the treatment of distal radius fractures

Type of fracture

Group

All (n = 285) (%)

Volar (n = 225) (%)

Dorsal (n = 60) (%)

A

89 (31.2)

82 (36.4)

7 (11.6)

 A2

11 (3.8)

11 (4.9)

0 (0)

 A3

78 (27.4)

71 (31.5)

7 (11.6)

B

16 (5.6)

16 (7.1)

0 (0)

 B2

8 (2.8)

8 (3.5)

0 (0)

 B3

8 (2.8)

8 (3.5)

0 (0)

C

180 (63.2)

123 (56)

57 (95)

 C1

41 (14.4)

37 (16.4)

4 (6.7)

 C2

70 (24.5)

49 (21.8)

21 (35)

 C3

69 (24.3)

37 (16.4)

32 (53.3)

  1. The majority of the fractures were type C. In the dorsal group more than half were type C3 fractures