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Percutaneous pinning for treating distal radial fractures in adults.
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SUBMITTER: Karantana A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007181 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Percutaneous pinning for treating distal radial fractures in adults.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20200207
<h4>Background</h4>Fracture of the distal radius is a common clinical problem. A key method of surgical fixation is percutaneous pinning, involving the insertion of wires through the skin to stabilise the fracture. This is an update of a Cochrane Review published in 2007.<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the effects (benefits and harms) of percutaneous pinning versus cast immobilisation alone and of different methods and techniques of percutaneous pinning, modalities or duration of immobilisation aft ...[more]