Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis for a Distal Radius Fracture with Forearm Skin Problem

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Findings during operation. (a) Skin incision design. This surgical technique could be performed because there was no skin lesion at the skin incision site. (b, c) Volar locking plate fixation. After reduction of the distal bone fragment using a Kirschner wire, osteosynthesis was performed using a volar locking plate (Acu-Loc 2 proximal plate standard, Nihon Medical Next, Osaka, Japan). (d, e) Plain X-ray images after volar locking plate fixation ((d): frontal image, (e): lateral image). Fixation in a favorably reduced position is observed.

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