A, Two 3-mm half-pins introduced into base or second metacarpal and two into distal radius. BR, brachioradialis; ECRB, extensor carpi radialis brevis; ECRL, extensor carpi radialis longus. B, Single-bar frame for external fixation of distal radial fracture. (From Wolfe SW: Distal radius fractures. In Wolfe SW, Hotchkiss RN, Pederson WC, Kozin SH, editors: Green’s operative hand surgery, ed 6, Philadelphia, 2011,Elsevier.) SEETECHNIQUE 57.17.