Three-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults.

Authors :: Keene, David J.
Lamb, Sarah E.
Mistry, Dipesh
Tutton, Elizabeth
Lall, Ranjit
Handley, Robert
Willett, Keith
Ankle Injury Management (AIM) Trial Collaborators
Source :: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 3/27/2018, Vol. 319 Issue 12, p1274-1276. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: This study reports 3-year outcomes of a randomized trial that compared close contact casting vs the usual surgery for unstable ankle fractures in older adults and that found equivalent ankle function outcomes at 6 months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *ANKLE fractures
*COMPARATIVE studies
*CONVALESCENCE
*FRACTURE fixation
*UNUNITED fractures
*LONGITUDINAL method
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*ORTHOPEDIC implants
*RESEARCH
*EVALUATION research
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*THERAPEUTICS

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