Avoid Surgery' For Most Cases Of Common Wrist Fracture In Young People, Urge Researchers
Avoid Surgery` For Most Cases Of Common Wrist Fracture In Young People, Urge Researchers
Source: EurekAlert
The SWIFFT trial, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, concludes that for a scaphoid waist fracture in the wrist a plaster cast should be used in the first instance, with surgery only being considered if the bone doesn't heal.
