Three-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults.
Keene DJ., Lamb SE., Mistry D., Tutton E., Lall R., Handley R., Willett K., Ankle Injury Management (AIM) Trial Collaborators .
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.