For elderly patients with unstable ankle fractures, a molded, below-knee cast with minimal padding produces similar functional outcomes and fewer drawbacks associated with surgical fixation, according ...

HealthDay News — A new type of plaster cast might help older adults avoid surgery for unstable ankle fractures, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Older adults are more likely to experience ankle fractures. Close contact casting is a modified cast that reduced the number of patients requiring invasive surgical procedures. A modified casting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The best treatment for intra-articular distal radius fractures in elderly patients is not definite, and it is ...

Older patients with unstable ankle fractures could avoid surgery using a new type of plaster cast, according to research led by Oxford University. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 peer-reviewed ...

For older patients with distal radius wrist fractures, there are no significant differences in outcomes after 2 years when treated with nonsurgical casting compared with the three other most common ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Topology-optimized splint immobilization may be preferred vs. cast immobilization after distal radius fracture ...

A fracture is a broken bone. Doctors will use different methods to repair bone fractures depending on their location, type, and severity. Fractures can be complete or partial. Some require surgery or ...

Using a plaster cast to treat scaphoid wrist fractures of the wrist is equivalent to surgery in healing the bone, as long as the few that do not re-join are identified and fixed. Scaphoid wrist ...