Colles' fracture: Dorsal splint or complete cast during the first 10 days?

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-404

  Wik, Tina Strømdal ^a   Aurstad, Åse T ^a   Finsen, Vilhjalmur ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colles' fracture; Complete cast; Conservative treatment; Distal radius fracture; Dorsal splint; Immobilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; COLLES FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SPLINT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COLLES' FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATHOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASTS, SURGICAL; COLLES' FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; SPLINTS;

EID: 62549158194     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.08.044     Document Type: Article

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