Table 1.
Percentage of post-operative cast immobilization for hand or wrist fractures following surgical fixation across Swedish regions in 2008 and 2023, with change over time*.
Fig 1.
Percentage of cast immobilisation following fracture surgery for hand or wrist fracture during 2008-2023.
Table 2.
Total number of patients treated with cast after surgical treatment of the wrist or hand in Swedish regions in 2008 and 2023, with percentage change over this period.
Fig 2.
Incidence of surgically treated wrist and hand fractures during 2008 to 2023.
Fig 3.
Percentage of post-operative cast immobilisation between age groups.
Men indicated by grey bars; women indicated by white bars. Error bars indicate 95% confidence interval.
Fig 4.
Percentage of post-operative cast immobilization following hand and wrist fractures in Sweden, 2008–2023, by region and gender.
Grey bars represent men, white bars represent women. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.
Fig 5.
Geographic distribution of percentage of for post-operative cast immobilization following hand or wrist fractures across Swedish Regions in 2008 and 2023.
The color gradient represents the percentage of immobilisation following surgery for hand or wrist fracture, with darker shades indicating higher incidence rates.