Thank you for publishing this important article which I read with great interest. I had the benefit of reading it in the print journal which was a nice bite-size summary before reading the full manuscript. I was, however, rather confused by the accompanying image showing an upside-down radiograph of a surgically fixed scaphoid with a trans-carpal k-wire most likely due to a trans-scaphoid peri-lunate fracture dislocation. The article was about casting versus k-wires and casts in dorsally displaced distal radius fractures and not major carpal trauma. This is quite confusing for the readership and detracts from the authors valid conclusions. I would recommend either using appropriate images or tables/figures from the paper instead.
Yours sincerely,
Daniel A Shaerf
Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon
London
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Pictures speaking louder than words
Dear Editor,
Thank you for publishing this important article which I read with great interest. I had the benefit of reading it in the print journal which was a nice bite-size summary before reading the full manuscript. I was, however, rather confused by the accompanying image showing an upside-down radiograph of a surgically fixed scaphoid with a trans-carpal k-wire most likely due to a trans-scaphoid peri-lunate fracture dislocation. The article was about casting versus k-wires and casts in dorsally displaced distal radius fractures and not major carpal trauma. This is quite confusing for the readership and detracts from the authors valid conclusions. I would recommend either using appropriate images or tables/figures from the paper instead.
Yours sincerely,
Daniel A Shaerf
Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon
London
Competing interests: No competing interests