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To compare clinical, functional, and radiographic outcomes between closed reduction with casting and closed reduction with external fixation and optional K-wires for distal radius fractures with metaphyseal displacement.

January 25, 2006Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Distal Radius Fractures With Metaphyseal Displacement but Without Joint Incongruity: Closed Reduction and Casting Versus Closed Reduction, Spanning External Fixation, and Optional Percutaneous K-wires

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HKHans J. KrederSunnybrook Health Science Centre JAJulie AgelUniversity of Minnesota MMMichael D. McKeeUniversity of Arizona

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Randomized trial finds nonsignificant trends toward better alignment and function with external fixation versus casting in distal radius fractures, suggesting slight clinical advantages.

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To compare clinical, functional, and radiographic outcomes between closed reduction with casting and closed reduction with external fixation and optional K-wires for distal radius fractures with metaphyseal displacement.
Multicenter randomized trial conducted across 3 university teaching hospitals enrolling 113 skeletally mature patients.
Interventions comprised closed reduction and casting (n=59) versus closed reduction, spanning external fixation, and optional percutaneous K-wires (n=54), with follow-up at 6 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years.
Both treatment groups demonstrated significant functional recovery over the first year, with Jebsen-Taylor and SF-36 pain scores matching population controls by 2 years.
Patients treated with external fixation showed non-statistically significant trends toward superior upper extremity function, restored radial length, and improved palmar tilt across all time points.

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Kreder et al. (2006) studied this question.

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Randomized trial finds nonsignificant trends toward better alignment and function with external fixation versus casting in distal radius fractures, suggesting slight clinical advantages.

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Distal Radius Fractures With Metaphyseal Displacement but Without Joint Incongruity: Closed Reduction and Casting Versus Closed Reduction, Spanning External Fixation, and Optional Percutaneous K-wires

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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Distal Radius Fractures With Metaphyseal Displacement but Without Joint Incongruity: Closed Reduction and Casting Versus Closed Reduction, Spanning External Fixation, and Optional Percutaneous K-wires

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