title: Variable-angle locking screw volar plating of distal radius fractures.
abstract: Surgical treatment options for distal radius fractures are many and commonly involve volar locked plating. More recently, newer volar locking plates have been introduced to the market that allow the placement of independent distal subchondral variable-angle locking screws to better achieve targeted fracture fixation. This article reviews this new technology and presents the authors' experience with the Aptus (Medartis, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) variable-angle volar locking plates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Temple University Hospital, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
authors.forename: Jung H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hagopian
authors.forename: Asif M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ilyas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011403:Pronation; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011884:Radius / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013165:Splints; D013484:Supination