Acceptability and Safety of 3D Printed Wrist-based Splints

"The Swibrace 3D splint is a custom-made splint. For scanning of the forearms, the investigators will use the scanner HandySCAN300 and the therewith delivered software VXElements, the latter being necessary to create an accurate scan on the computer.~Printing of the splint will be done by Materialise, Belgium."

The conservative gold standard treatment of distal radius and scaphoid fractures is applying a plaster cast. Therefore, patients in the control group follow standard therapy procedures.