Skip to main content

Table 3 Radiological Outcome Between Groups

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

  

Overall (N = 42)

Plate

P value

  

Synthes 2.4 LCP

(N = 21)

Acumed Acu-Loc VLP

(N = 21)

Radiological parameters

    

  Radial Height (± SD)

9.48 mm (±1.40)

9.41 mm (±1.60)

9.54 mm (±1.20)

0.76*

  Radial Inclination Angle (± SD)

18.64° (±3.68)

19.09° (±4.02)

18.21° (±3.36)

0.44*

  Ulnar Variance (± SD)

0.01 mm (±1.96)

−0.01 mm (±2.13)

0.04 mm (±1.82)

0.92*

Articular step-off (AP view)

   

0.79**

  <  1 mm

32

16

16

 

  1-2 mm

8

3

4

 

  >  2 mm

2

2

1

 

  Volar Tilt Angle (± SD)

5.21° (±5.46)

4.75° (±5.32)

5.67° (±5.69)

0.59*

  1. * Fisher exact test; ** Mann-Whitney U-test