Internal fixation versus other surgical methods for treating distal radius fractures in adults

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011212/abstract

Intervention Protocol

Internal fixation versus other surgical methods for treating distal radius fractures in adults

Arpit C Jariwala1,
Alistair R Phillips2,
Philip A Storey3,
David Nuttall1,
Adam C Watts1,*

Editorial Group: Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group

Published Online: 19 JUL 2014
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011212
Copyright © 2014 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Database Title
The Cochrane Library

Abstract

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

To compare the effects (benefits and harms) of internal fixation versus other methods of surgical intervention (percutaneous pinning; external fixation) for distal radius fractures in adults.

Our main comparisons will be:

-internal fixation versus method of surgery that is not internal fixation; i.e. percutaneous pinning or external fixation or a combination of these two methods

-internal fixation versus percutaneous pinning

-internal fixation versus external fixation