Novel Distal Fracture Fixation System: First in Man

You look at the X-ray and think, “This one’s going to earn its keep.” Complex distal radius fractures don’t forgive imprecision — and they don’t care how good your plate looks on the back table.

That’s exactly the kind of case that marked the first clinical use of the Acu-Loc NEXT Wrist Fixation System, recently performed at Duke University Hospital by David Ruch, M.D., and Marc Richard, M.D., Professors of Orthopaedic Surgery.