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Management of Simple Articular Fractures

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Wrist arthroscopy is a continuously expanding field, bringing up new controversies and challenges.

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    It is important that while the screw is inserted into the styloid, the K-wire used before as a joystick must be advanced temporarily into the ulna to avoid the rotation of the fragment. The best portal to view the rotation of the radial styloid fragment is 4–5 or 6R.

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  1. Clinical and Research Center of Upper Arm Disease, General Hospital Legnano, Via Torino 7/a, 20025, Legnano, Milan, Italy

    Ferdinando Battistella

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  3. Institut de la Main, Clinique Jouvenet, square Jouvenet 6, Paris CX, 75007, France

    Christophe Mathoulin

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Battistella, F. (2010). Management of Simple Articular Fractures. In: Piñal, F., Luchetti, R., Mathoulin, C. (eds) Arthroscopic Management of Distal Radius Fractures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05354-2_3

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