Medscape: K-Wires Offer No Advantage Over Plaster Casts in Improving Wrist Fracture Outcomes Fixation using metal Kirschner wires (K-wires) offers no advantage over traditional moulded plaster casts in improving wrist function and pain in patients with distal radius fractures. These findings ... K-Wires Offer No Advantage Over Plaster Casts in Improving Wrist Fracture Outcomes A study led by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has found that plaster casts are just as effective at healing scaphoid waist fractures in the wrist as surgery.
The SWIFFT trial, funded by ... Using a plaster cast to treat scaphoid wrist fractures of the wrist is equivalent to surgery in healing the bone, as long as the few that do not re-join are identified and fixed. Scaphoid wrist ... AOL.co.uk: Plaster casts as good as surgery for wrist fractures – study Plaster casts are just as effective at healing certain types of wrist fractures as surgery, new research suggests.
plaster fracture, A cast should be used for scaphoid waist fractures in the wrist in the first instance ... It has been shown that the percentage of ankle fractures that undergo surgery could be substantially reduced, from more than 30 per cent to 10 in the most common type of fracture. The key is a ...
