Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Pre- and postoperative radiological parameters

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

Reduction parameters	Groups
Reduction parameters	Pre-operative palmar	Pre-operative dorsal	Post-operative palmar	Post-operative dorsal
Radial inclination	15.1° (SD 8.7°)	15.7° (SD 10.8)	22.3° (SD 4.7°)	21.1° (SD 5°)
p	NS		0.044
Volar tilt	−13.4° (SD 1.2°)	−12.8° (SD 2.1°)	8.1° (SD 6.3°)	10.1° (SD 6.4°)
p	NS		0.01
Ulnar variance (mm)	1.63 (SD 2.72)	0.88 (SD 3.12)	−0.2 (SD 1.9)	−0.8 (SD 2.3)
p	0.001		0.001

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