The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2006;88:1888.
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Letter to the Editor

Comparison of Short and Long Arm Plaster Casts for Displaced Fractures in the Distal Third of the Forearm in Children

Gunasekaran Kumar1

1 Worthing and Southlands Hospital NHS Trust Lyndhurst Road Worthing, West Sussex BN11 2DH United Kingdom gunasekarankumar@hotmail.com

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To The Editor:

I read with interest "Comparison of Short and Long Arm Plaster Casts for Displaced Fractures in the Distal Third of the Forearm in Children" (2006;88:9-17), by Webb et al. I congratulate the authors on performing a prospective randomized trial, but I would ask them to respond to a number of remaining and important questions.

One of the results described in this paper is that long arm casts have a higher failure rate than short arm casts. A possible reason provided by the authors is that long arm casts "are technically more difficult to apply, which results in poorer molding around the forearm." However, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Comparison of Short and Long Arm Plaster Casts for Displaced Fractures in the Distal Third of the Forearm in Children
Gavin R. Webb, Robert D. Galpin, and Douglas G. Armstrong
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