External fixation versus percutaneous pinning for unstable Colles' fracture. Equal outcome in a randomized study of 60 patients.

60 patients > 20 years of age, with comminuted distal radial fractures of type Older 3 or 4, were randomly allocated to two treatment groups: external fixation a.m. Hoffmann or percutaneous Kirschner wire pinning combined with immobilization in a plaster cast.

Early postoperative weight-bearing and muscle activity in patients who have a fracture of the ankle.

Fifty-six patients who had a displaced fracture of the ankle necessitating surgical fixation were randomly assigned to one of three postoperative treatment regimens: no plaster cast or weight-bearing, and active exercises of the ankle; a non-weight-bearing plaster cast; or a plaster walking cast for the first six postoperative weeks. At follow-up with a duration of as much as two years, there were no consistent differences in the clinical results between the three groups. The time lost from work and the proportion of excellent and good clinical results were also uninfluenced by the postoperative regimen.