ORIF provides superior clinical outcomes for the treatment of impacted radial fractures .
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Treatment of complex fractures of the distal radius: a prospective randomised comparison of external fixation 'versus' locked volar plating
Injury. 2012 Feb;43(2):174-9. Epub 2011 Jun 2575 patients suffering from complex impacted distal radial fractures were randomized to open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) or to an external fixation (EF) with constant traction to compare clinical and subjective results between these two fixation methods. At 6 month follow-up, the ORIF demonstrated superior clinical outcomes measured by the modified Green and O'Brien rating scale (based on clinical information, scale= 100-0). There were no differences in subjective scores between groups.
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