Case Study: Use of the Acu-Loc 2 VDR Plate for Complex Periarticular Distal Radius Fracture Extending into the Diaphysis – Robin Kamal, MD, MBA, MS

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old, right-hand-dominant male sustained a skiing injury to his right wrist and was initially stabilized in a fiberglass splint from the resort’s emergency department. The patient presented to clinic with wrist pain one week later where radiographs and CT scans revealed a closed displaced intraarticular distal radius fracture with multiple fragments and potential distal radial ulnar joint (DRUJ) instability. Due to the loss of radial inclination, radial shortening, and intraarticular fracture pattern, Dr. Kamal recommended open reduction internal fixation (ORIF). The surgery was performed under regional block at 10 days post-injury.