PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kuznar, Wayne
ED  - Bartl, Christoph
TI  - Cast Immobilization as Good as Surgery for Intra-Articular Distal Radial Fracture in Elderly Patients
DP  - 2014  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 10--11
VI  - 14
IP  - 41
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/41/10.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/41/10.full
AB  - Closed reduction and cast immobilization appear to be just as effective as surgery on health-related quality of life and functional measures in older patients with displaced intra-articular distal radial fractures. This was the main finding of a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN76120052] discussed in this article.