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Fig. 5

From: Bone plate fixation ability on the dorsal and lateral sides of a metacarpal shaft transverse fracture

Fig. 5

Failure modes of the five fixation approaches: (a) locking plate with four locking bicortical screws on the dorsal side; (b) locking plate with four locking bicortical screws on the lateral side; (c) regular plate with four regular bicortical screws on the dorsal side; (d) regular plate with four regular bicortical screws on the lateral side; and (e) two K-wires. Left column, anterior–posterior view; middle column, lateral view; right column, cross-section view

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X