Background: Dorsally displaced distal radius fractures are generally treated with closed reduction followed by casting. Current evidence suggests that fracture reduction is of no benefit before ...

A closed reduction allows doctors to set a fracture without performing surgery, and it can shorten recovery time and reduce pain. Learn more.

There are many types of fractures, but the main categories are displaced, non-displaced, open, and closed. Displaced and non-displaced fractures refer to the alignment of the fractured bone.

Overtreatment a cause of complications with pediatric distal radius fractures Although rare, kids may also experience growth plate injury — a complication not seen in adults.

Published results showed volar locking plate fixation may not be superior to closed reduction for subjective wrist function in patients aged 60 years or older with displaced distal radius fractures.

Treatment Treatment of nondisplaced fractures is cast immobilization. Treatment of choice of displaced supracondylar fractures is closed reduction and percutaneous pinning.

The primary indication for performing closed reduction (i.e., reduction without surgery) of a displaced fracture of the ankle is subluxation of the talus from under the tibial plafond. 2 A ...

Recommendation ID NG38/3 Question Image guidance in the reduction of displaced distal radius fractures:- For patients with displaced fractures of the distal radius, is manipulation with real-time ...

Pirates general manager Ben Cherington clarified Sunday that Davis is recovering from a "small non-displaced fracture" in his left wrist, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The ...

But the worst was avoided; Lee has a non-displaced fracture in his left elbow, according to Nationals Manager Dusty Baker. Not ideal, but not devastating ligament damage, either.

Treatment with a cast or other form of rigid immobilization yields better results than removable braces when displaced distal radius fractures are treated non-operatively.