title: Plaster cast compared with bridging external fixation for distal radius fractures of the Colles' type.
abstract: We compared two different treatments for displaced distal radius Colles' type fractures (Older type 3 and 4), at two hospitals. We found bridging external fixation superior to reduction and fixation in a dorsal plaster cast regarding both the end-anatomic results at 3 months and the functional scores at 3 and 9 months (modified Gartland and Werley).
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Herlev, Denmark. omc@dadlnet.dk
authors: O M
authors: OM
authors: Christensen
authors: T C
authors: TC
authors: Christiansen
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Krasheninnikoff
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Lind
authors: L R
authors: LR
authors: Hölmich
authors: F F
authors: FF
authors: Hansen
authors: G S
authors: GS
authors: Rathje
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Hölmich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000601:surgery*; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome