- See:
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One Third Tubular Plate Applied as a Neutralisation Plate:
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One Third Tubular Plate Applied as a Tension Band Plate:
- Discussion:
- these
Plates have the form of 1/3 of the circumferance of a cylinder;
- they have low rigidity since they are only 1 mm thick;
- plate is used aminly for the fixation of fractures in the lateral
malleolus, in the distal ulna, the olecranon, and the metatarsals;
- plate is contoured to the shaped of the bone and in transverse frx
it should be slightly overbent;
- available: with 2 to 12 holes from 25 mm to 145 mm;
- thickness 1 mm
- width 9 mm
