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Surgical versus non-surgical treatment of intra-articular comminuted distal radius fractures (AO 23-C2/C3) is associated with better patient-reported outcomes: an instrumental variable analysis using a national Swedish cohort

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Published Online: 2026-05-04

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Authors

Christersson, Albert

Höijer, Jonas

Möller, Michael

Michaëlsson, Karl
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Uppsala University
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Article History

Received: 10 December 2025

Accepted: 24 April 2026

First Online: 4 May 2026

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (Dnr 2015/229 and 2019/06090) and complies with the Helsinki Declaration as revised in 2013, which is required for accessing data from a National Quality Register. In accordance with Swedish legislation, National Quality Registers do not require informed consent from the individual registered patient. Information is available at Emergency departments and outpatient clinics informing patients on data being reported. Patients have the right to decline registration and contact the register to have the data removed after data collection.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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