Table 3.
Patient and Fracture Characteristics
| Procedure | First Author | No. of Patients | No. of Fractures | Female (%) | Intraarticular Fracture (%) | Mean Age (yr) | Mean Follow-Up (mo) | Period of Wrist Immobilization | Type of Supplemental Wrist Immobilization |
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| VLPS | Arora13 | 53 | 53 | 36 (68%) | 25 (47%) | 76 | 52 | 2wks | Splint |
| Chung24 | 25 | 25 | 19 (76%) | 12 (48%) | 69 | 12 | 6wks | Splint | |
| Drobetz43 | 49 | 50 | 40 (82%) | 34 (68%) | 62 | 26 | 2wks* | Splint* | |
| Gerald44 | 55 | 55 | 37 (67%) | 55 (100%) | 60 | 29 | 4wks | Cast | |
| Lattmann49 | 91 | 91 | 73 (80%) | 57 (63%) | 64 | 12 | 1–4wks | Cast | |
| Orbay52 | 23 | 24 | 17 (74%) | 8 (33%) | 79 | 15 | - | - | |
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| Total | 296 | 298 | 222 (75%) | 191 (64%) | 67 | 25 | - | - | |
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| Non-BrEF | Atroshi18 | 18 | 18 | 16 (89%) | 8 (44%) | 70 | 12 | 6wks | - |
| Krukhaug48 | 35 | 35 | - | 0 | 62 | 12 | 6wks | - | |
| McQueen50 | 28 | 30 | 27 (96%) | 9 (30%) | 62 | 12 | 6wks | - | |
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| Total | 84 | 83 | - | 17 (20%) | 64 | 12 | - | - | |
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| BrEF | Atroshi18 | 18 | 19 | 15 (83%) | 11 (58%) | 71 | 12 | 6wks | - |
| Cannegieter42 | 32 | 32 | 27 (84%) | 19 (59%) | 68 | 36 | 5wks | - | |
| Hegeman47 | 16 | 16 | 16 (100%) | 16 (100%) | 67 | 48 | 6wks | - | |
| Krukhaug48 | 37 | 37 | - | 0 | 62 | 12 | 6wks | - | |
| McQueen50 | 28 | 30 | 28 (100%) | 5 (17%) | 61 | 12 | 6wks | - | |
| McQueen51 | 28 | 30 | 25 (89%) | 16 (53%) | 63 | 12 | 5wks | - | |
| Pritchett53 | 50 | 50 | 26 (52%) | 50 (100%) | 65 | 24 | 6wks | - | |
| Schmalholz55 | 25 | 25 | 24 (96%) | 0 | 66 | 12 | 5wks | - | |
| Ziran57 | 10 | 10 | - | 10 (100%) | 62 | 29 | 8wks | - | |
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| Total | 244 | 249 | - | 127 (51%) | 65 | 20 | - | - | |
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| PKF | Azzopardi41 | 27 | 27 | 23 (85%) | 0 | 72 | 12 | unknown | Cast |
| Fujii45 | 22 | 22 | 21(95%) | 14(64%) | 69 | 24 | 5wks | Unknown | |
| Hede46 | 42 | 43 | 31(74%) | 0 | 61 | 33 | 5wks | Splint | |
| van Aaken29 | 34 | 34 | 26 (76%) | 19 (56%) | 63 | 30 | 6wks | Splint | |
| Shiota56 | 37 | 37 | 11 (30%) | 15 (41%) | 66 | 28 | 3wks | Splint | |
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| Total | 162 | 163 | 112 (69%) | 48 (29%) | 66 | 25 | - | - | |
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| CI | Arora13 | 61 | 61 | 42 (69%) | 30 (49%) | 81 | 62 | 6wk | - |
| Azzopardi41 | 27 | 27 | 25 (93%) | 0 | 71 | 12 | 5wk | - | |
| McQueen51 | 30 | 30 | 28 (93%) | 19 (63%) | 64 | 12 | 6wk | - | |
| Sanchez-Sotelo54 | 55 | 55 | 49 (89%) | 20 (36%) | 67 | 12 | 6wk | - | |
| Young15 | 66 | 66 | 58 (89%) | 9 (14%) | 60 | 84 | 6wk | - | |
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| Total | 239 | 239 | 203 (85%) | 78 (33%) | 69 | 45 | - | - | |
*
Immobilization for AO type C fractures only