Adding Arthroscopy to Open Surgery with a VLP for Distal Radial Fractures Did Not Improve Function at 1 Year

Abstract

Question: In patients with a distal radial fracture (DRF), does adding arthroscopy to open surgery with a volar locking plate (VLP) improve function at 1 year? Design: Multicenter, randomized (allocation concealed), unblinded, controlled trial with 1 year of follow-up after surgery.Setting: 3 tertiary hospitals in Madrid, Spain.* VLP = volar locking plate, DRF = distal radial fracture, CI = confidence interval, PRWE = Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation, MCID = minimal clinically important difference. †Score range 0 to 100 (worst pain/function). ‡Final power was 74.48%.