DIRECT

DIRECT study

$DIRECT, Direct-study, wrist fractures, surgery, casting$

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 & E. J. Kret

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

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Presentations

Esther Kret presented the DIRECT study at the conference of the Nederlandse Orthopedische Vereniging (NOV), on May 19, 2022. The DIRECT study investigates the functional outcome after surgical and cast treatment of type C distal radius fractures in elderly patients. The DIRECT study is a retrospective cohort study, with a method similar to the DART study. It was an interesting conference where a lot of knowledge was exchanged!

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