NCT02798614

Short Versus Conventional Plaster Cast Fixation Time in Reduced Distal Radius Fractures

A Comparison of Radiographic and Clinical Results After Short Versus Conventional Plaster Cast Fixation Time in Reduced Distal Radius Fractures

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 109 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uppsala University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the radiographic and clinical outcomes after short versus conventional plaster cast fixation time in reduced distal radius fractures.

Detailed description

Displaced distal radius fractures treated with closed reduction and plaster cast fixation are radiographed 10 days (range 8-13 days) after reduction and randomized to one of two study arms; immediate removal of plaster cast or continued fixation in plaster cast for another 3 weeks. Radiographic and Clinical outcome measurements at 1, 4 and 12 months

Conditions

• Colles' Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	10-day cast	Removal of plaster cast fixation 10 days after reduction

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-01-01
• Completion: 2010-01-01
• First posted: 2016-06-14
• Last updated: 2016-06-16