Ankle fractures in the elderly: What you get depends on where you live and who you see

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 635-639

  Koval, Kenneth J ^a   Lurie, Jon ^a   Zhou, Weiping ^a   Sparks, Michael B ^a   Cantu, Robert V ^a   Sporer, Scott M ^a   Weinstein, James ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Nonsurgical management; Surgical management; Treatment variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICARE PART B; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744542201     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000177105.53708.a9     Document Type: Article

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