title: Answer to Dr Freshwater's letter to editor.
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie B, hôpital Roger-Salengro, CHRU de Lille, 59047 Lille cedex, France. Electronic address: christian.fontaine@chru-lille.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.affiliation: Clinique La Francilienne, 16, avenue Jacques-Heuclin, 76340 Pontault-Combault, France. Electronic address: thierrydubert@gmail.com.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dubert
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie de la main, centre de traumatologie et d'orthopédie, hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, 67403 Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: philippe.liverneaux@chru-strasbourg.fr.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liverneaux
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D001860:Bone Plates; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D057072:Intra-Articular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male