Three-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults

JAMA. 2018 Mar 27;319(12):1274-1276. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.0811.

Abstract

This study reports 3-year outcomes of a randomized trial that compared close contact casting vs the usual surgery for unstable ankle fractures in older adults and that found equivalent ankle function outcomes at 6 months.

Publication types

  • Equivalence Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Pragmatic Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ankle Fractures / surgery*
  • Ankle Fractures / therapy*
  • Casts, Surgical*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fracture Fixation / methods
  • Fractures, Malunited
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Recovery of Function
  • Treatment Outcome