AIM

External Links

Here are relevant links to the study...

• [Main Study Report] 'Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial' published in JAMA
• [Full Trial Report] 'The Ankle Injury Management (AIM) trial: a pragmatic, multicentre, equivalence randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation comparing close contact casting with open surgical reduction and internal fixation in the treatment of unstable ankle fractures in patients aged over 60 years' published in NIHR Journals Library
• [Long-Term Follow Up] 'Three-Year Follow-up of a Trial of Close Contact Casting vs Surgery for Initial Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures in Older Adults' published in JAMA
• [Editorial on Implications] 'Implications of the Ankle Injury Management (AIM) trial: close contact casting or surgery for older adults with an unstable ankle fracture?' published in The Bone and Joint Journal