Background: The procedure has fewer successful outcomes in aged, osteoporotic individuals, and in highly comminuted fractures, and is consequently deemed inappropriate for these situations. Some authors, however, still advocate for its use because of how easy it is to implement and how little disruption it causes compared to other approaches like external fixation. Objectives: To compare the functional outcome of extra articular distal radius fracture treated with plaster immobilization versus percutaneous pinning