Buddy taping displays similar re-displacement rate, more comfort, vs splint for pediatric finger Frx .
Buddy taping versus splint immobilization for paediatric finger fractures: a randomized controlled trial
J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2019 Jul;44(6):640-647. doi: 10.1177/175319341882269299 pediatric patients with an extra-articular finger fracture were randomized to treatment with either buddy taping or splinting for 3 weeks. The primary purpose of this study was to determine if buddy taping was noninferior to splinting for the incidence of secondary displacement, at a noninferiorty margin of a 5% increase. The rates of secondary displacement were 1.9% in the buddy taping group and 6.4% in the splinting group, and the upper limit of 95% confidence interval for the risk difference was below 5%, which suggested noninferiority. In addition, early comfort with buddy taping was higher than that with splinting.
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