From: Nailing vs. plating in comminuted proximal ulna fractures – a biomechanical analysis
Parameters | Nail | Plate | p-value |
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Anterior cortex | |||
Osteotomy gap motion [mm] | 0.50 ± 0.15 | 1.57 ± 0.37 | < 0.001 |
Plastic Deformation of constructs [mm] | 0.09 ± 0.17 | 0.39 ± 0.27 | 0.003 |
Posterior cortex | |||
Osteotomy gap motion [mm] | 0.37 ± 0.06 | 0.43 ± 0.14 | 0.571 |
Plastic Deformation of constructs [mm] | 0.06 ± 0.05 | 0.07 ± 0.07 | 0.970 |