Fractures of the distal radius in low-demand elderly patients: Closed reduction of no value in 53 of 60 wrists

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-100

  Beumer, Annechien ^a   McQueen, Margaret M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037326904     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470310013743     Document Type: Article

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