Background: Minimally angulated fractures of the distal radius are common in children and have excellent outcomes. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether the use of a ...

Background: Up to 30% of patients suffer from long-term functional restrictions following conservative treatment of distal radius fractures. Whether duration of cast immobilisation influences ...

A new distal radius fracture fixation technique developed to reduce the malunion rate that often accompanies traditional cast immobilization fixation effectively restored 60% to 80% of wrist arc of ...

In children with wrist fractures, a splint is as effective as a cast and provides greater comfort and easier hygiene, a new study finds. In children with wrist fractures, a splint is as effective as a ...

What is Distal Radius Fracture? The larger of the two bones of the forearm is known as radius. The end of the arm towards the wrist is called the distal end. When the area of the radius near the wrist ...

The evaluation following the market launch one year ago shows that the LOQTEQ® VA Distal Radius System 2.5 from aap Implantate AG ("aap") has clinically proven and enjoys a high level of market ...

What is a Colles’ Fracture? A Colles' fracture -- or distal radius fracture -- is often called a ''broken wrist.'' In France it’s sometimes called a “Pouteau-Colles” fracture. Technically, it's a ...

Bachman D, Santora S. Orthopedic trauma. In: Fleisher G, Ludwig S, Henretig FM, et al., editors. Textbook of pediatric emergency medicine. Philadelphia (PA ...

This study will be conducted as a prospective randomized clinical trial (see Figures 1 and 2) in which three weeks of plaster cast immobilization is compared with five weeks of plaster cast ...