Clinical Follow-Up without Radiographs Is Sufficient after Most Nonoperatively Treated Distal Radius Fractures in Children

• Main Authors: Marja Perhomaa (Author), Markus Stöckell (Author), Tytti Pokka (Author), Justus Lieber (Author), Jaakko Niinimäki (Author), Juha-Jaakko Sinikumpu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Distal forearm fractures are common in children and are usually treated nonoperatively. No consensus has been reached on how to perform clinical and radiographic follow-up of these fractures. Our aim was to study whether radiographic and clinical follow-up is justified. We included 100 consecutive p...