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

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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Main Authors: Matthew L Costa, Juul Achten, Caroline Plant, Nick R Parsons, Amar Rangan, Sandy Tubeuf, Ge Yu, Sarah E Lamb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2015-02-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Subjects:
distal radius
fracture
drafft
patient rated wrist evaluation
volar locking plates
kirschner wires
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19170

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