Clinical Practice Guideline on Distal Radius Fractures
Clinical practice guidelines (CPG) provide evidence-based recommendations for current orthopaedic diagnostic, treatment, and postoperative procedures. Multidisciplinary clinician work groups and AAOS staff work together to synthesize published research with the aim of providing a transparent and robust summary of the research findings for a particular orthopaedic disease topic.
Appropriate Use Criteria
Appropriate use criteria (AUC) provide treatment recommendations on a patient-specific level using evidence from AAOS clinical practice guidelines, along with clinician expertise and experience. A multidisciplinary clinician writing panel creates realistic patient profiles who may present with a particular orthopaedic disease in a clinical setting. A separate multidisciplinary clinician voting panel uses a modified Delphi method to rate the appropriateness of various procedures for those patient profiles.
Derivative Materials
Articles*
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JAAOS: Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures
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JAAOS: Appropriate Use Criteria: Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures
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AAOS Now: AAOS AUC Guide Residents' Decision-making in the Acute Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures
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AAOS Now: Distal Radius Fracture Updates: A Review of the Year's Best
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AAOS Now: Is Surgery the Right Approach for DRF?
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AAOS Now: AUC Guide Residents' Decision-making in the Acute Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures
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