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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics

From: Ultrasonography or direct radiography? A comparison of two techniques to detect dorsal screw penetration after volar plate fixation

  

n

Percent

Site

Right

26

55.3

Left

21

44.7

Fracture type

C1

9

19.1

C2

15

31.9

C3

23

48.9

Screw penetration on USG

No

35

74.5

Yes

12

25.5

Lateral radiograph

No

42

89.4

Yes

5

10.6

45° supination view

No

41

87.2

Yes

6

12.8

45° pronation view

No

45

95.7

Yes

2

4.3

Dorsal tangential view

No

40

85.1

Yes

7

14.9

Complaint

No

40

85.1

Tenosynovitis

7

14.9

Plate removal

No

40

85.1

Yes

7

14.9