Surgical fixation with K-wires versus plaster casting in the treatment of dorsally displaced distal radius fractures: Protocol for Distal Radius Acute Fracture Fixation Trial 2 (DRAFFT 2)

BMJ Open

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2019, Pages

  Achten, Juul ^a   Sones, William ^a   Dias, Joseph ^b   Hedley, Helen ^c   Cook, Jonathan A ^a   Dritsaki, Melina ^a   Png, May Ee ^a   Gray, Alastair ^a   Lamb, Sarah E ^a   Costa, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distal radius; protocol; randomised clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; DORSALLY DISPLACED DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE 5 DIMENSIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RATED WRIST EVALUATION SCORE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BONE WIRE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC CAST; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE WIRES; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85063315256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028474     Document Type: Article

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