The impact of introducing a dedicated day case hand centre on the operative management of distal radial fractures

Ibrahim Assafiri, Ronald HK Nam, Ahmed El-Mubarak, Yaseen I Mohammed, Munnan Al-Najjim, Akshay MalhotraNorth Midlands Hand Centre, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume): Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand & Official Journal of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand

Published online on July 06, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), Ahead of Print.
Introduction:The operative management of distal radial fractures commonly requires inpatient admission, increasing the pressure on acute hospital capacity. Dedicated day case pathways and regional anaesthesia can reduce the length of stay but evidence ...