The bone & joint journalAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Aged
Clinical effectiveness of early surgical fixation versus cast immobilization for adults with a scaphoid waist fracture: five-year follow-up of the Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial.
Joseph J Dias, Stephen D Brealey, Elizabeth Coleman, Kate Hicks, Joanne Laycock, Elizabeth Cook, Surabhi Choudhary, Kanagaratnam Jeyapalan, Caroline Fairhurst, Sebastian Hinde, Gerry Richardson, Matthew L Costa, Amar Rangan, Nicholas Taub, David Torgerson
Published: 202610.1302/0301-620X.108B1.BJJ-2025-0122.R1
Abstract
Aims: In the Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial (SWIFFT), surgical fixation was compared with cast immobilization using the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE) score at one year as the primary endpoint. The aim of this longer-term…
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