ArticleActa orthopaedica2017
Similar 1-year subjective outcome after a distal radius fracture during the 10-year-period 2003-2012.
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- Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
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- An Acta Orthopaedica educational article: Choosing treatment with an elderly patient having a distal radius fracture.Acta orthopaedica · 2026Review
- Radiographic outcomes decline linearly with increased time to surgery in distal radius fractures: A cohort analysis.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2026Article
- Double trouble! Concomitant distal ulna fractures predict worse 1-year outcome in distal radius fractures: a registry-based cohort study of 5,536 patients.Acta orthopaedica · 2025Article
- Dynamic hand and finger load distribution patterns in the first year following surgically treated distal radius fracture.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- More Evidence that Surgical Intervention for Unstable Distal Radius Fracture in Elderly Does not Offer a Superior Patient Perceived Functional Advantage over Time Honored Conservative Treatment in Long Term Follow-Up: A Critical Appraisal at 10 Years (Range 10-13 Years) Follow-up Study.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Trends in immobilization following fracture surgery of the wrist and hand in Sweden: A 16-Year Analysis from 2008 to 2023.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Postoperative Benefits of Soft Tissue Wrist Arthroscopy: Retro- and Prospective Analyses of Outcome Measures.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Functional outcomes are restored a decade after a distal radius fracture: a prospective long-term follow-up study.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2024Article
- Patients Aged 80 or More With Distal Radius Fractures Have a Lower One-Year Mortality Rate Than Age- and Gender-Matched Controls: A Register-Based Study.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2024Article
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- Poor reliability and reproducibility of 3 different radiographical classification systems for distal ulna fractures.Acta orthopaedica · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Social Deprivation on Mid-Term Outcomes Following Distal Radius Open Reduction Internal Fixation.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2021Article
- Patient-related outcome, fracture displacement and bone mineral density following distal radius fracture in young and older men.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Article
- Disability and Pain are the Best Predictors of Sick Leave After a Distal Radius Fracture in Men.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Combined Plating of Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures, a Consecutive Series of 74 Cases.Journal of wrist surgery · 2020Article
- Stable rates of operative treatment of distal radius fractures in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study (2004–2013)Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2019Article
- Combined Volar T-Plate and Dorsal Pi-Plate for Distal Radius Fractures: A Consecutive Series of 80 AO type C2 and C3 Cases.Journal of wrist surgery · 2019Article
- Patient-reported outcomes after a distal radius fracture in adults: a 3-4 years follow-up.Acta orthopaedica · 2019Article
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Abstract
Background and purpose - During the last decades, treatment of distal radius fractures (DRFs) has changed, with surgical intervention being more common and with new techniques. We investigated whether this change has influenced the subjective outcome. Here we report, year by year, the 1-year score after a DRF over a 10-year-period, using a patient-reported outcome measure. Patients and methods - Patients aged 18 years or more with a DRF between 2003 and 2012 were prospectively and consecutively registered in a longitudinal outcome database. 1 year after the fracture, all the patients were sent a validated subjective outcome questionnaire, the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH). The lower the score (0-100), the better the outcome. Results - Between 2003 and 2012, 3,666 patients (2,833 of them women; mean age 62 (18-98) years) were included. 22% were operated and the rate remained constant over the years. The surgical methods shifted from external fixators (42%) and fragment-specific plates (45%) in 2003, to mainly volar locking plates (65%) in 2012. 70% of the patients responded to the 1-year DASH questionnaire. The median DASH score was 9 (IQR: 2-25) for the cohort, both in surgically treated patients (9 (IQR: 3-25)) and in non-surgically treated patients (9 (IQR 2-27)). Subgroup analysis showed a higher median DASH score for women than for men; for patients with AO type C fractures rather than type B or type A fractures; for patients with external fixation or fragment-specific fixation than for those who underwent surgery using volar locking plates; and for patients who were operated by a general orthopedic surgeon rather than a hand surgeon. Interpretation - The shift in surgical treatment had no influence on the subjective outcome for the cohort.
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