Let’s Agree to Disagree on Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment for Distal Radius Fractures in Older People: Protocol for a Prospective International Multicenter Cohort Study

Nicole Maria van Veelen   ^{1, 2} , Dr med ;   Bryan J M van de Wall   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Ruben J Hoepelman   ³ , MD ;   Frank F A IJpma   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Björn-Christian Link   ¹ , PD, Dr med ;   Reto Babst   ^{1, 2} , Prof Dr Med ;   Rolf H H Groenwold   ⁵ , PhD ;   Detlef van der Velde   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Nadine Diwersi   ⁷ , Dr Med ;   Mark van Heijl   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   R Marijn Houwert   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Frank J P Beeres   ^{1, 2} , Prof Dr

¹ Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland

² Department of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Luzern, Switzerland

³ Department of Trauma Surgery, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

⁴ Department of Trauma Surgery, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

⁵ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Universitair Medisch Centrum Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands

⁶ Department of Trauma Surgery, St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Utrecht, Netherlands

⁷ Department of General and Trauma Surgery, Kantonsspital Obwalden, Sarnen, Switzerland

⁸ Department of Surgery, Diakonessenhuis Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands