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Unstable Dorsally Displaced Fractures of the Distal Radius in the Elderly

NCT01268397 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2019-02-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether operation and fixation with a metal plate gives better result from the patient's perspective than plaster treatment in elderly patients with a displaced wrist fracture.

Conditions

  • Fracture of the Distal Radius
  • Wrist Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

open reduction and internal fixation with a volar plate

flexor carpi radialis approach, open reduction, fixed-angle volar plate, plaster cast 2 weeks at the surgeon's discretion

PROCEDURE

closed reduction and plaster treatment

closed reduction, below elbow plaster cast, semicircular for 5 week

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Stockholm South General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Danderyd Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Per Y Adolphson, MD, PhD · Karolinska Institute at Danderyd Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2018-01-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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