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- Title
A prospective randomized trial comparing nonoperative treatment with volar locking plate fixation for displaced and unstable distal radial fractures in patients sixty-five years of age and older.
- Authors
Arora, Rohit; Lutz, Martin; Deml, Christian; Krappinger, Dietmar; Haug, Luzian; Gabl, Markus
- Abstract
Despite the recent trend toward the internal fixation of distal radial fractures in older patients, the currently available literature lacks adequate randomized trials examining whether open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) with a volar locking plate is superior to nonoperative (cast) treatment. The purpose of the present randomized clinical trial was to compare the outcomes of two methods that were used for the treatment of displaced and unstable distal radial fractures in patients sixty-five years of age or older: (1) ORIF with use of a volar locking plate and (2) closed reduction and plaster immobilization (casting).
- Publication
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 2011, Vol 93, Issue 23, p2146
- ISSN
1535-1386
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2106/JBJS.J.01597