title: Response to the letter by Olivier Barbier, Didier Ollat, Gilbert Versier.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie orthopédique, traumatologique et réparatrice SOS Mains, hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France. Electronic address: acmasquelet@free.fr.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Masquelet
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*