The Best Anaesthesia for Closed Reduction of Radial Fracture: Is the Jury Still Out?

Johan Raeder^{1

2}, Axel R Sauter^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Editorial

Johan Raeder et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;69(6):e70084.

doi: 10.1111/aas.70084.

Johan Raeder^{1

2}, Axel R Sauter^{1

3}

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Colles' fracture; distal forearm fracture; haematoma block; median nerve block; radial nerve block; ultrasound guided nerve block.

Conflict of interest statement

Axel Sauter serves as an Associate Editor for Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. No other competing interests.

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