Nonoperative treatment versus volar locking plating for distal radius fracture in patients aged 65 years or older (DRIFT trial): A randomized controlled trial.

Background: The optimal management of distal radius fractures (DRFs) in older patients remains debatable. A knowledge gap exists concerning how to manage fractures with early malalignment during nonoperative treatment. We conducted a prospective, multicenter, and randomized controlled trial to compare nonoperative treatment to operative treatment with volar locking plating (VLP) in the management of primarily malaligned DRFs and DRFs that exhibit early malalignment during nonoperative treatment.

Sick leave length and the costs of operatively and conservatively treated distal radius fractures in the working age population: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Among the working population, a transient loss of working ability due to distal radius fracture (DRF) has a societal impact in terms of sick leave. Non-operative cast immobilization is the most common treatment option for DRF. However, these fractures are increasingly treated operatively.

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) may also have a place outside major trauma centers - A case report from a Finnish rural hospital.

The recent adoption of endovascular and hybrid methods in the management of massive bleeding following trauma to the torso and junctional areas has been a major advance in trauma care. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is one tool to tackle immediate exsanguination in such cases. To take advantage of such methods, rapid femoral artery access is crucial.

A comparison of the functional results and costs of functional cast and volar-flexion ulnar deviation cast at 2-year follow-up in 105 patients aged 65 and older with dorsally displaced distal radius fracture: A randomized controlled trial.

Background And Purpose: Non-operative treatment is the most common treatment option for older patients with distal radius fracture (DRF). Traditionally, wrists have been placed in volar-flexion and ulnar deviation position (VFUDC). In recent years, there has been a trend towards using a functional position cast (FC).

Long-term subjective results and radiologic prognosis of a distal radius fracture in working-aged patients - a prognostic cohort study of 201 patients.

Objective: To investigate long-term outcomes associated with distal radius fracture (DRF) in working-aged patients. The authors hypothesized that the majority of patients experience no permanent loss of function when measured with patient-rated wrist evaluation (PRWE).

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with a DRF aged between 18 and 65 years.

The effect of national lockdown due to COVID-19 on emergency department visits.

Background: COVID-19 outbreak lead to nationwide lockdown in Finland on the March 16th, 2020. Previous data regarding to the patient load in the emergency departments during pandemics is scarce. Our aim is to describe the effect of national lockdown and social distancing on the number and reasons for emergency department (ED) visits and inpatient admissions in three large volume hospitals prior to and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in Finland.

Distal radius fractures in the elderly population.

We found no clear evidence of the clinical superiority of distal radius fracture surgery among older adults at one year.Surgical treatment, however, may yield a faster recovery to previous level of activity in elderly patients.With operative treatment, hardware-based problems may warrant secondary operations and implant removal, whereas in non-operative treatment, symptomatic loss of alignment and malunion can occur.

Nordic Innovative Trial to Evaluate OsteoPorotic Fractures (NITEP-group): non-operative treatment versus surgery with volar locking plate in the treatment of distal radius fracture in patients aged 65 and over - a study protocol for a prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Background: In the literature, there are numerous studies that compare different surgical procedures in the treatment of distal radius fractures (DRF). It is, however, unknown whether operative treatment and better restoration of anatomy with volar locking plate yields a better functional outcome in the elderly population when compared with non-operative treatment.

Methods And Design: This study is a prospective, randomized, controlled, multi-center trial.

Incidence of distal radius fracture surgery in Finns aged 50 years or more between 1998 and 2016 - too many patients are yet operated on?

Background: Although optimal treatment of distal radius fractures is controversial, surgery has gained popularity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate recent trends in the surgical treatment of distal radius fractures in Finns aged 50 years or more.

Methods: A nationwide hospital discharge register-based study was conducted among all patients 50 years of age or older who had a surgically treated distal radius fracture in Finland between 1998 and 2016.