Distal Radius Fractures in Patients Over 70 Years - Volar Plate or Plaster

Inclusion Criteria: * Dorsally displaced, 20 degrees or from a plane perpendicular do the diaphyseal axis, fracture. * Low energy injury * Patient 70 years old or older * 72 hours or less since injury at time of diagnosis * Patient registered in the Stockholm region * Patient understands spoken and written swedish Exclusion Criteria: * Intraarticular displacement in radiocarpal joint of more than 1 mm * Ulna fractured proximal to the base of the styloid process of ulna * Earlier unilateral functional impairment of hand/wrist * Injury to tendon, nerve or skin besides the fracture * Rheumatoid arthritis or other severe systemic joint disease * Severe psychiatric disorder, ongoing drug abuse or dementia (Pfeiffer score 5 points or less) * Besides the wrist fracture also other big injuries, for example fracture of hip, shoulder or ankle * Medical illness that makes general anesthesia impossible