Nonbridging external fixation comparable to volar plating for distal radius fractures Prospective, randomized trial finds that external fixation is also suitable in osteoporosis patients.

Reducible distal radius fractures were put in a cast after reduction. Unstable non-reducible distal radius fractures had either external or internal fixation.

Internal plating of wrist fractures in elderly patients results in more complications and no long-term benefit compared to external fixation. Wrist fractures involving the radius, a lower arm bone ...

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