Functional outcomes after open reduction and internal fixation for treatment of displaced distal radius fractures in patients over 60 years of age

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 680-686

  Beharrie, Andrew W ^a   Beredjiklian, Pedro K ^a,b   Bozentka, David J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Elderly; Internal fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644398130     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200411000-00005     Document Type: Article

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