Background: Minimally angulated fractures of the distal radius are common in children and have excellent outcomes. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether the use of a ...

The best treatment for intra-articular distal radius fractures in elderly patients is not definite, and it is unclear whether surgical management with volar locking plate fixation yields better ...

A distal radius fracture is a common bone fracture of the radius in the forearm. ... A cast is then added after few days once the swelling goes down.

Of the patients with dorsally displaced distal radius fractures who received a molded cast, 13% needed surgical fixation for loss of fracture position in the first 6 weeks vs. 0.4% of patients who ...

Fractures of the distal radius are among the most common of musculoskeletal injuries; they occur at a rate of approximately 2 such injuries per 1000 individuals per year. As with most fractures ...

Fractures of the distal radius are common injuries and account for up to 15% of all extremity fractures. Most of these patients can be treated non-operatively in a plaster of Paris, with excellent ...

Intra-articular fractures of the distal radius (IFDR) represent high energy, complex, unstable injuries, and account for approximately one-sixth of the fractures observed in emergency rooms. 1,2 ...

Currently in the NHS, most manipulations for distal radius fractures are performed in the emergency department without real-time image guidance. It is believed that image guidance may be important, ...

Figure 1: Recruitment of study patients. *Numbers total more than 522 because some children had more than one exclusion criterion. R = randomization.