Functional outcomes following fixation of a marginal distal radius fracture with two commonly used volar locking plates: a retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Patient Demographics

	Overall (N = 42)	Plate		P value
	Overall (N = 42)	Synthes 2.4 LCP (N = 21)	Acumed Acu-Loc VLP (N = 21)	P value
Age (Range)	51.2 (23–91)	51.5 (25–84)	50.8(23–91)	0.89*
Gender				0.53**
Male	19	11	8
Female	23	10	13
AO fracture type				0.33**
A	14	6	8
B	0	0	0
C	28	16	12
Mean marginal Distance (± SD)	8.2 mm (± 0.94)	8.5 mm (± 0.87)	8.3 mm (± 0.87)	0.35*
Patient request remove Implant	6	4	2	0.66**

*Mann-Whitney U-test; **Fisher exact test
Marginal Distance: Distance from the most distal fracture line to lunate fossa on pre-operation AP plan film.

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