1. The Biomechanics of Fixation Techniques for Hand Fractures
Julie E. Adams, MD, Thomas Miller, BS, Marco Rizzo, MD 
Hand Clinics 
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages (November 2013)
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2. Fig. 1
Case example of a patient who sustained a short oblique metacarpal fracture (A, B). This injury was treated with intramedullary K wires (C, D), with the wires removed at 6 weeks (copyright Marco Rizzo).
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3. Fig. 2
A patient sustained a spiral metacarpal shaft fracture (A). This fracture was amenable to lag screw fixation (B, C) (copyright Julie Adams).
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4. Fig. 3
The injury shown is of the metacarpal shaft (A, B) and was treated with a plate and screw construct (C, D) (copyright Julie Adams).
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5. Fig. 4
A case of a patient who sustained a high-energy fracture of the middle phalanx (arrow) (A, B). Because of the high risk of nonunion, a combination locking and nonlocking screw/plate construct was used (C, D) (copyright Marco Rizzo).
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