Your Messages Inbox
Most Viewed Abstracts
1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians 2. Rapid correction of low vitamin D status in nursing home residents 3. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income 4. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors 5. Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System
Your Article Summary
See Latest ArticlesIs Early Internal Fixation Preferred to Cast Treatment for Well-Reduced Unstable Distal Radial Fractures
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 09/02/09
Koenig KM et al. – Internal fixation with use of a volar plate for potentially unstable distal radial fractures provided a higher probability of painless union on the basis of available data in the literature. This long–term gain in quality–adjusted life years outweighed the short–term risks of surgical complications, making early internal fixation the preferred treatment in most cases. However, the difference was quite small. Patients, especially those over sixty–four years old, who have lower disutility for the malunion and painful malunion outcome states may prefer nonoperative treatment.
Related Articles
The Effect of Ulnar Styloid Fractures on Patient-Rated Outcomes After Volar Locking Plating of Distal Radius Fractures
The Journal of Hand Surgery, 11/09/09
Relevance Score: 80%
Today in Hand and Wrist...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Effect of Hand Warming on Electrodiagnostic Testing Results and Diagnosis in Patients With Suspected Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 12/11/09
Histopathological, radiological and clinical aspects of the temporal assignment of scaphoid non-union
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 12/11/09
Dynamic Tenodesis of the Finger Extensors to Improve Hand Function After Brachial Plexus Injury
HAND, 12/09/09
Today in Surgical Technique...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Comparison of the Proximal Chevron and Ludloff Osteotomies for the Correction of Hallux Valgus
Foot & Ankle International, 12/11/09
Iliac Bolt Fixation: An Anatomic Approach
Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques, 12/11/09
Comparison of Calcaneal Fixation of a Retrograde Intramedullary Nail with a Fixed-Angle Spiral Blade Versus a Fixed-Angle Screw
Foot & Ankle International, 12/11/09
Today in Trauma...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Calcium phosphate cement to prevent collapse in avascular necrosis of the femoral head
Medical Hypotheses, 12/11/09
Displaced medial epicondyle fractures of the humerus: surgical treatment and results. A report of 139 cases
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 12/11/09
The Impact of Open Reduction Internal Fixation on Acute Pain Management in Unstable Pelvic Ring Injuries
Journal of Trauma, 12/11/09
Sponsor
Article Search
Sponsor
Sponsor