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- Published on: 8 September 2005
- Published on: 15 August 2005
- Published on: 2 August 2005
- Published on: 8 September 2005Use of a template to improve the management of distal radial fracturesShow More
Dear Editor,
We congratulate Kotnis et al.[1] on their clear and well-structured paper further substantiating safe guidelines for whether or not to reduce a displaced Colles fracture.
It is always in our patients’ best interests to have consistency of management with our orthopaedic friends, remembering the high turnover of junior staff in both our specialities.[2,3]
However, Professor Rolfe Birch...
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None declared. - Published on: 15 August 2005Using up to date evidenceShow More
Dear Editor,
I agree with the sentiments of Dr Williamson treat the patients not the x-ray. Another important point is the method of analgesia. Intravenous regional anaesthesia is often a superior technique compared to the haematoma block for analgesia and will make the reduction easier. This could also have been done on the patients admitted from fracture clinic still avoiding the need for a general anaesthetic....
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None declared. - Published on: 2 August 2005Treating x-rays not patientsShow More
Dear Editor,
I was very disappointed to read R Kotnis et al.'s article on the manipulation of distal radial fractures. They have based their entire article on outdated evidence and opinion that these fractures all require manipulation (their references 4,7,8,10,11). They have ignored more recent, and frankly much better, evidence (their reference 9) that we should have much greater tolerance of displacement in the...
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