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Three-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults
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2018
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Usual SurgeryLower Limb TraumaSurgeryOsteoporosisOrthopaedic SurgeryThree-year Follow-upOperative TreatmentOrthopaedicsGeriatric Fracture CareRandomized TrialGeriatricsOutcomes ResearchAnkle TraumaRehabilitationNon-operative TreatmentUnstable Ankle FracturesSurgical StabilizationOlder AdultsMedicine
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.
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