[Delayed osteosynthesis of forearm fractures after primary conservative treatment (author's transl)]

From 1970 to 1978 61 patients with forearm fractures were treated by delayed osteosynthesis after primary conservative therapy. The reasons for this procedure are given. Therapy results of 96 adults with forearm fractures and primary osteosynthesis are better than those with a delayed operation, i.e. after four weeks or even longer.