Topology-Optimized Splints: A Novel Approach for Management of Distal Radial Fractures

The most frequent orthopaedic injury is a distal radius fracture (DRF), which usually happens from falling on an outstretched hand. Depending on the patient's age, activity level, fracture stability, and fracture displacement, the course of treatment may involve either nonoperative or operative measures. Risk factors such as age and gender mean that older women and boys or young men are more likely to develop DRF.[1] With the ever-advancing world, there is a burden of responsibility on all of us in the medical world to look for better and possibly more technological methods to treat our patients.