Research Article

Comparing Dorsal Tangential and Lateral Views of the Wrist for Detecting Dorsal Screw Penetration after Volar Plating of Distal Radius Fractures

Table 3

Overall accuracy based on imaging technique and screw position and degree of prominence.

1 (radial styloid)234 (ulnar corner)

DT 0 mm84.6% (1 image)
Lat 0 mm85.7% (1 image)
DT 2 mm78.1 ± 4.4%100% (1 image)79.5 ± 11.4%50 ± 44.2%
Lat 2 mm5.9 ± 8.3%35.6 ± 49.01%18.9% (1 image)61.1% (1 image)
DT 4 mm93.45 ± 6.3%100% (1 image)60 ± 56.6%65.8 ± 40.0%
Lat 4 mm13.0 ± 1.8%75 ± 35.4%100% (1 image)83.3% (1 image)
DT 6 mm96.9 ± 4.4%100% (1 image)75.2 ± 26.8%78.9 ± 3.4%
Lat 6 mm49.4 ± 61.5%97.6 ± 4.1%100% (1 image)50.8 ± 61.7%