Internal plate fixation versus plaster in displaced complete articular distal radius fractures, a randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mulders, Marjolein A M ^a   Walenkamp, Monique M J ^a   Goslings, J Carel ^a   Schep, Niels W L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Articular; Displaced; Distal radius fracture; Open reduction internal fixation; Plaster; PRWE; Randomised controlled trial; Wrist function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISPLACED COMPLETE ARTICULAR DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER IMMOBILISATION; PLATE FIXATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; DISABILITY; FRACTURE HEALING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURES; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE PLATES; CASTS, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957570897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-0925-y     Document Type: Article

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