title: Leveraging the plate: reliably restoring volar tilt of distal radius fractures.
abstract: Restoration of volar tilt is critical when performing open reduction and internal fixation of distal radius fractures. A reproducible technique is required to consistently achieve this goal. A simple technique using the locking plate and an electrocautery scratch pad as reduction tools can reliably generate volar tilt. This technique can be performed with minimal aid from surgical assistants.
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: McLawhorn
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cody
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitay
authors.forename: Elan M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Goldwyn
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golant
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Quach
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular