How do plaster casts fare against pins for wrist fractures?
Surgical fixation with pins is no better than the traditional plaster cast for a dorsally displaced distal radius fracture that needs manipulation, a UK study suggests.
Lead author surgeon Professor Matthew Costa of the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxfordshire says the findings show that most patients can be treated with a moulded cast and expect similar outcomes to fixing the fracture with K-wires (Kirschner wires).