Healio

ORIF for distal radius fractures shows advantages over closed reduction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Results from a randomized trial comparing open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) against closed ...
Healio

Surgical fixation not necessary for concomitant distal ulna fracture during ORIF of distal radius fracture

BOSTON — High rates of healing and similar range of motion were seen in cases of distal radius fracture treated with open reduction and internal fixation and concomitant ulna fracture whether the ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

University of Michigan Medical School Researcher Provides New Insights into Radius Fracture (Medicare Eligibility and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Operative Fixation for ...

2024 JAN 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily-- Investigators discuss new findings in radius fracture. According to news originating from the University ...
Nature

External fixation is more suitable for intra-articular fractures of the distal radius in elderly patients

Intra-articular fractures of the distal radius (IFDR) represent high energy, complex, unstable injuries, and account for approximately one-sixth of the fractures observed in emergency rooms. 1,2 The ...
Healthline

What to Know About Distal Radius Fractures: Treatment, Recovery, and More

Your radius is one of the two bones in your forearm, along with the ulna. It’s the bone that attaches closest to your thumb. A radius fracture, sometimes called a radial fracture, is a break of this ...