Researchers from Harvard University publish findings in hand research

A report, 'The role of locking technology in the hand,' is newly published data in Hand Clinics. According to recent research published in the journal Hand Clinics, "Locked fixed-angle plating in the hand and wrist helps to optimize outcomes following surgical fixation of select acute fractures and complex reconstructions. Select indications include unstable distal ulna head/neck fractures, periarticular metacarpal and phalangeal fractures, comminuted/multifragmentary diaphyseal fractures with bone loss (ie, combined injuries of the hand), osteopenic/pathologic fractures, nonunions and corrective osteotomy fixation, and small joint arthrodesis."

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