No clinical advantage of locking over nonlocking plate fixation of symphyseal disruptions

Locking plates have led to important changes in fracture management, becoming important tools in the orthopedic surgeon's arsenal [1, 2]. The biomechanical principles and design characteristics of the locking plate fixation promote biological stabilization while improving fixation by converting the shear stress created during loading into compressive stress at the screw interface [1, 3]. Moreover, the introduction of locking plates coincided with the development of minimally invasive fracture fixation approaches [1, 4].

Source: Injury - February 13, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Christiano Saliba Uliana, Eiji Rafael Nakahashi, Luiz Henrique Penteado Silva, Vincenzo Giordano Source Type: research