DART

DART study

$DART, Dart study, effectiveness of surgery, casting, eldery people radius fracture$

Title: ‘The effectiveness of surgery versus casting for elderly patients with Displaced intra-Articular distal Radius fractures. A randomized controlled Trial.’

Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. R.W. Poolman
Contact: D.P. ter Meulen

The data collection for the DART study has been completed. See our publications for the results.

Publications
- Protocol: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgery versus casting for elderly patients with Displaced intra-Articular type C distal Radius fractures: protocol of a randomised controlled Trial with economic evaluation (the DART study). D P ter Meulen, M A M Mulders, A A Kruiswijk, E J Kret, M E Slichter, J M van Dongen, G M M J Kerkhoffs, J C Goslings, Y V Kleinlugtenbelt, N W Willigenburg, N W L Schep, R W Poolman, DART Study Group
- RCT: Cast Versus Surgery for Displaced Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures in the Elderly a Randomized Clinical Noninferiority Trial (the DART Study). D P Ter Meulen, C A Selles, E J Kret, A A Kruiswijk, M E Slichter, J W Colaris, A Vochteloo, H C Willems, G A Kraan, J C Goslings, Y V Kleinlugtenbelt, N W Willigenburg, N W L Schep, R W Poolman.
- Economic evaluation: Cost-effectiveness of cast treatment vs. surgery in elderly patients with substantially displaced intra-articular distal radius fractures: A trial-based economic evaluation. D P Ter Meulen, J M van Dongen, Y V Kleinlugtenbelt, G A Kraan, J C Goslings, N W L Schep, N W Willigenburg, R W Poolman, DART study group.

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Protocol
The protocol is an extensive (English) description of how the study is set up.

Download protocol here Lijstitem 2

More information about this study (Dutch): DART

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