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.

DOI

10.1001/jama.2018.0811

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2018-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

319

Pages

1274 - 1276

Total pages

2

Keywords

Aged, Ankle Fractures, Casts, Surgical, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Fracture Fixation, Fractures, Malunited, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Recovery of Function, Treatment Outcome

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