Surgery versus conservative treatment in patients with type A distal radius fractures, a randomized controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Walenkamp, Monique M J ^a   Goslings, J Carel ^a   Beumer, Annechien ^b   Haverlag, Robert ^c   Leenhouts, Peter A ^d   Verleisdonk, Egbert J M M ^e   Liem, Ronald S L ^f   Sintenie, Jan Bernard ^g   Bronkhorst, Maarten W G A ^h   Winkelhagen, Jasper ⁱ   Schep, Niels W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^f GROENE HART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Westfriesgasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Closed reduction; Disability arm shoulder hand score; Dislocated; Displaced; Distal radius fractures; Open reduction internal fixation; Patient reported outcome; Plaster immobilization; Prehensile grip strength; Randomized controlled trial; Trauma surgery; Volar locking plate; Wrist function; Wrist injury

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISPLACED EXTRAARTICULAR DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RATED WRIST EVALUATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WRIST PAIN;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE PLATES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898454956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-90     Document Type: Article

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