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No benefit of calcium phosphate bone cement in distal radial fracture plate fixation
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Apr 6;93(7):609-14.50 unstable wrist fractures in patients greater than 65 years old were randomly assigned to be surgically treated either with volar locking plate fixation or a combination of volar locking plate fixation and calcium phosphate bone cement. Calcium phosphate bone cement has been proposed to improve the stability of implant-bone constructs. The results of this study indicate that there were no significant differences in clinical outcomes observed between the two groups at 3 and 12 month follow-up examinations. Also no significant inter-group differences were observed in radiographic immediately after surgery or at 1 year follow-up.
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