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Surgery versus cast immobilisation for adults with a bicortical fracture of the scaphoid waist (SWIFFT): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, randomised superiority trial

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Background Scaphoid fractures account for 90% of carpal fractures and occur predominantly in young men. The use of immediate surgical fixation to manage this type of fracture has increased, despite insufficient evidence of improved outcomes over non-surgical management. The SWIFFT trial compared the clinical effectiveness of surgical fixation with cast immobilisation and early fixation of fractures that fail to unite in adults with scaphoid waist fractures displaced by 2 m...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30931-4

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Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Lancet More from this journal
Volume:
396
Issue:
10248
Pages:
390-401
Publication date:
2020-08-06
Acceptance date:
2020-04-22
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EISSN:
1474-547X
ISSN:
0140-6736


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1102572
Local pid:
pubs:1102572
Deposit date:
2020-05-01

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