UK DRAFFT: a randomised controlled trial of percutaneous fixation with Kirschner wires versus volar locking-plate fixation in the treatment of adult patients with a dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius
Background: In high-income countries, 6% of all women will have sustained a fracture of the wrist (distal radius) by the age of 80 years and 9% by the age of 90 years. Advances in orthopaedic surgery have improved the outcome for patients: many such fractures can be treated in a plaster cast alone,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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NIHR Journals Library
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Health Technology Assessment |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19170 |