Well done to the SCIENCE Study Team for publishing their results in the Lancet.
The SCIENCE Study was set up to find out whether surgery or cast was better for a displaced medial epicondyle fracture in children. Results showed both treatments had the same recovery. Children whose arm healed naturally in a cast got better just as quickly as those who had surgery – and both groups returned to sports and music at about the same time. They also had similar levels of pain, hospital visits and time off school.
Belfast was the top recruiter for the study so a big thank you to all who took part and especially our research nurse Leeann and the team who made the study a success! 
