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Bedside ultrasound in the emergency department for reduction and radial manipulation of distal radial fractures
Author(s) -
Smiles John P,
Simonian Marcus,
Zhang Michael,
Digby Shane,
Vidler Sam,
Flannagan Scott
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.13554
Subject(s) - medicine , radial fractures , emergency department , reduction (mathematics) , clinical endpoint , randomized controlled trial , fracture reduction , distal radius fracture , surgery , internal fixation , wrist , geometry , mathematics , psychiatry
Distal radial fracture reduction is a common procedure in the ED. Previous studies have suggested that US‐guided reduction improves outcomes. We performed the first randomised controlled trial looking at this and found that US‐guided reduction of dorsally displaced, distal radius fractures in the ED, did not improve measured clinical outcomes.