To The Editor: We read with interest “A Prospective, Randomized Trial Comparing the Limited Contact Dynamic Compression Plate with the Point Contact Fixator for Forearm Fractures” (2003;85:2343-8), by Leung and Chow, a well-executed study with good numbers and adequate follow-up. It was not clear to us why the decision was made to remove the devices (twenty-two PC-Fix devices and twenty-nine LC-DCP devices, totaling 40.8% of the devices). It is very unlikely that there was a definite clinical indication for removing the implants. It is well established in the literature that removing the implants not only subjects the patients to an unnecessary second surgery … Corresponding author: Frankie Leung, FRCS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Queen Mary Hospital The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong klleunga{at}hkucc.hku.hk